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A photograph of a ceremonial worship scene before a gilded arch framed by gold-embroidered yellow drapery. A man in orange saffron robes and a long red-pink flower garland stands at left, holding up a gold-coloured ritual object and a lit lamp or offering vessel while smiling. Beside him, two large golden-faced deity murtis sit on a throne-like seat with a cobra-hood backrest and a red-orange cloth: the figure at centre wears a red-orange turban, rudraksha mala and white flower garlands, and the figure at right wears a gold crown, red and gold sari and a garland. A man in a light shirt is partly visible at lower left with a tray of offerings, and a bottom-right photo credit line is overlaid on the image. Scene suggests a puja or abhishekam before deity murtis.

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