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A photograph through an open doorway into a shrine, framed by red walls, green and yellow painted door surrounds and a strand of multicoloured beads. Inside, a gilded canopy and a purple brocade backdrop frame a golden lion-mounted deity murti draped in a red cloth and white and orange garlands, under a silver umbrella-like crown. Brass and silver offering plates, a kalasha-style vessel, small lamps and a red box sit on a black-and-white checkered marble floor in front of the raised platform. No people are visible. A timestamp and location text in the lower right reads 18 Aug 2022, 8 Kalika Gali, Lahori Tola, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.