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A wide photograph of an outdoor temple shrine with a dark stone facade, gold arch and red-and-orange curtains. Two large deity murti figures stand behind the altar, decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands. A framed portrait with a marigold garland sits on a red-cushioned seat before the altar. Priests in white dhotis and shirts sit before the altar amid brass lamps, plates and offerings during a puja. Several devotees sit on the steps in the foreground, some in white, one woman in a red sari, with hands folded in prayer. Green banana leaves frame the view. A paada pooja-style ritual appears to be underway; the shrine is decorated with garlands and lamps.

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