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A bald, bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a patterned border stands at a shrine, reaching toward a black stone deity murti dressed in a blue and gold silk sari and layered gold and jewelled necklaces. The murti is set in an ornate gold arch, and a white-and-yellow sari-clad female statue stands to the left. On a red-draped table in front are a brass plate of oranges, bananas and pink flowers, a brass kalasha, incense sticks, small oil lamps and brass vessels, all part of a puja. The priest is not an identifiable a person candidate.

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