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Two people stand on a dark road before an ornate golden shrine lit warmly from above. In the centre, a deity murti pair with crowns and garlands of red and white flowers sits within a gilded canopy flanked by carved golden lion figures, with red cloth draped behind. A man in a saffron-orange robe with bare shoulders stands at left with his back to the camera, hands raised at the altar. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow shawl stands at right, also facing the shrine. To the left, a framed portrait labelled with Tamil captions is garlanded with marigold strands and shows a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha-style necklace. Tamil text panels sit below the altar, and red flags flank the structure. This appears to be an outdoor puja or aarti at a roadside shrine.

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