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A photograph inside a temple shrine. A shaved-headed man with a bare chest and white dhoti, wearing a face mask, stands with hands folded in prayer at the left edge, facing a black stone deity murti standing in a gilded arched niche. The murti wears a red and green silk garment with gold border, a crown, jewelled necklaces and a long white flower garland, and holds a staff-like object in one hand. In front, a dark stone altar holds a brass plate of offerings, a bowl of fruit including bananas and grapes, a brass vessel, a marigold and petal plate, roses in a vase, and a lit oil lamp. A brass oil lamp stands on the floor at the lower right. No a person candidate is visible.

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