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A photograph of a devotional rite at a large goddess murti with multiple raised yellow arms and a painted face, set against white lace-like decorative backdrop and a red cloth. Two men in ritual attire perform the worship: the man on the left is bald with a rudraksha mala, wearing a pink-salmon cloth wrapped around his body, and he holds a silver plate while reaching up toward the murti. The man on the right, bare-chested with a saffron-orange cloth and a beaded mala, touches the murti's arm with one hand. No distinctive a person cues are visible, so the people are described by role only.

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