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A photograph inside a large white tent of a temple-style ritual. In the centre, a richly decorated ornamental altar or ratha-like structure is wreathed in yellow marigold garlands and red and white floral strands, with two deity murtis visible at its top. A man stands bare-chested at the altar wearing a pink dhoti and a saffron-coloured sash, raising a lit flame or lamp toward the deities. At the right, an older bearded man with a white beard and a tilak on his forehead wears an orange shawl and stands beside another priest in a yellow and orange dhoti. In the foreground left, a seated deity murti is adorned with yellow garlands. Devotees and attendants stand around the altar, and a pink-rimmed brass plate and offerings sit at the lower edge.

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