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A photograph inside a shop interior decorated with floral garlands in red, yellow and orange. In the centre, a bare-backed priest in a saffron-orange dhoti holds a silver plate with a lit flame, facing a man in a white shirt with a dark rudraksha-style mala who stands behind a display table. The table holds a brass kalasha with yellow flower garlands, bananas, apples and other fruit, plus a computer monitor and keyboard. Around them, several men in light shirts stand with palms pressed together in namaste. The priest wears a long red garland and has long dark hair, a person-style presentation with distinctive saffron clothing and a garland, while the scene reads as an aarti or inauguration ritual.