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A photograph inside a small shrine with red walls and a black-and-white checkered marble floor. A shaved-headed young priest with bare upper body and a saffron-orange dhoti and sash stands at left, reaching toward a deity murti. The murti, a goddess with a tall white-and-green crown, gold face, garlands of orange and white flowers and a green-and-blue sari, is framed by golden arches draped with purple cloth and a blue backdrop. Brass oil lamps, flower-decorated offerings and small metal vessels sit on the marble platform and floor, and a flower-covered kalasha stands in a brass plate at front. The priest appears to be performing puja or aarti. Visible text reads Tripura Bhairwi Road, Bangali Tola, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and 26 May 2022 11:04:08 am.

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