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A night-time photograph of a black stone deity murti standing in orange and gold silk, wearing a saffron turban, layered silver necklaces, and garlands of white flowers and red blossoms. In front of it a small fire burns on the ground beside offerings of fruit and flowers, with a brass oil lamp on the left. A priest in an orange turban kneels at the fire. On the right, a man in white dhoti and shirt lifts a red lamp high while another man in white photographs the scene with a camera. Seated devotees in white and a woman in a blue top sit on the floor in the foreground. Brass pots and a thatched structure stand at the left edge.

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