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A photograph of an aarti ceremony in a red-draped hall with a gold-framed throne. In the centre, a figure in orange robes with a white headband raises both hands above their head near a golden backrest. In the foreground at left, a bald priest in orange robes and a rudraksha mala holds a tall multi-tiered silver aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps. Behind them, a woman in orange sits beside a gold-decorated stand with flowers and offerings, and a young child in a white shirt sits at lower right. Pink flowers and framed portraits of older men hang on the red backdrop.

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