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Night photograph of an illuminated stone shrine with carved pillars and a gilded arch framing a murti of Shiva and Parvati, adorned with marigold garlands and red-and-yellow flower strings. A seated figure in orange robes sits before the shrine on a stone platform, with a brass oil lamp and a kalasha-like vessel nearby. Around them, several people in white ritual clothing and women in red, green and blue saris stand or move, some blurred in motion. String lights decorate the roof and drapes hang at the sides. The orange-clad seated figure shows no distinctive a person cues strong enough to qualify, so the candidate is uncertain.

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