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Photograph of a ceremonial hall with a red velvet canopy and painted deity statue. A multi-tiered brass oil lamp with many lit wicks stands in the foreground, blurred. Behind it, a seated man in an ornate golden throne with tiger-skin cushions wears orange robes, a rudraksha mala and a red-and-white garland, and smiles. Two attendants in orange robes sit at the throne's base, one holding out an offering. A large golden four-armed deity murti stands at left in a painted niche. Two men in white dhotis sit on the floor at left, one tending the ritual, with a pair of scissors on the polished floor. A man's arm holding a flame appears at the left edge. The scene suggests a puja or aarti setting.

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