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A photograph inside a temple shrine. A man in a red-brown garment and a leopard-print lower wrap stands bare-shouldered on the right, holding a lit oil lamp in his right hand and a silver bell in his left, performing aarti before a deity murti. The murti is decorated with a dense garland of marigolds and white flowers, framed by a silver arch carved with ornate motifs. Beside him a second man in a white shirt watches. In the foreground are a brass vessel, a red donation box marked with Hindi text, a brass tray with rose petals, and a metal railing. Purple cloth hangs behind the shrine.

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