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A photograph of a courtyard ritual at a stone temple tank. Several bare-chested men in saffron-orange and white dhotis stand on a red-tiled ledge washing and bathing a golden deity murti, a standing figure decorated with yellow flower garlands. The man in the centre holds a long metal rod and tends the murti as water falls from a spout above. On the left a man in white bends to wring a cloth. Red flags and blue poles stand behind, and terraced steps rise with more devotees and offerings in the background. a person is not clearly visible; the figures appear to be priests or devotees.

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