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A night-time photograph of a large blue-skinned deity murti, shown with long black hair, a white crown, a red tongue, and a garland of yellow and white flowers, holding a red-handled object in one hand while another hand extends toward a man in front. The man stands in profile on the left, facing the murti, bare-chested with long dreadlocked hair and a rust-coloured cloth wrapped around his waist, his arms folded. Two more people, partly visible, stand at the left edge. Strings of multicoloured lights hang in the background beneath a corrugated roof. A carved golden pillar frames the murti on the right, and a small face mask is held near its base. The man's appearance shows long dreadlocks and a bare chest with distinctive ascetic cues, but these alone do not establish a person identification, so his identity is uncertain.

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