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A photograph of a temple ritual. On the left, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a white forehead marking and a red bindi, wears an orange-brown robe, a long red, green and white flower garland, a gold necklace and gold armbands, and holds a silver plate. He is turned toward a large deity murti on the right, which has gold face and ornaments, a red-orange sari with gold border, and a dense garland of red, yellow and green flowers. A gold ceremonial object is near the murti's hand.

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