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A temple ritual photograph in a golden-silver shrine. In the foreground, a shirtless priest with a dark turban, a beaded necklace and a blue-and-gold cloth wrapped at his waist faces away from the camera, raising a silver fan-shaped ritual object over a deity murti. The deity is decorated with white and red garlands, gold jewellery and a crown, seated before a green curtain framed by ornate silver arches. Yellow and orange marigold garlands hang on the arches, and a brass oil lamp stands at the left edge. To the right, a second garlanded figure in a white shawl sits in the shrine, his face partly visible. Dim red-tinted lighting fills the hall.

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