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A photograph of a decorated shrine under a stone canopy with red drapes hung at the sides. Two large murtis stand at the back, one with a tall orange-and-gold crown and garlands, the other in gold and red attire, both wrapped in marigold and yellow flower garlands. Before them a smaller orange-clad figure sits within a flower-decorated niche. In front, a man in an orange robe with a bare upper body stands with his back to the camera, facing the murtis, and a second man in orange kneels at the left holding a small brass vessel. Clay pots line the base of the platform and brass lamps and vessels sit on the floor, with a glass vase of flowers at lower right. Green bananas hang from bunches at both edges. The scene appears to be a puja or abhishekam at the shrine.

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