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A temple shrine with a large pair of painted wooden or stone deity murtis seated side by side under a gold-framed arch with gold-and-orange drapery. The figures wear crowns, earrings, layered necklaces and garlands of white and red flowers. A silver kalasha-style vessel sits on a linga before them. At right a smaller seated figure in orange robes and rudraksha beads stands beside a lamp stand, and a yellow-draped figure stands in the lower corner. In the foreground a shaved-headed priest in orange cloth sits cross-legged, facing the altar beside brass puja vessels, lamps and offerings. The setting is a carved stone temple hall.

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