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A photograph inside a temple sanctum during a puja. In the foreground a figure seen from behind, with long matted dreadlocks, wears a saffron-orange garment and a white flower garland on the head, and is offering something at a central altar. Behind them, a row of ornately decorated deity statues stands under a multicoloured garland arch of marigolds and roses. Two larger deity murtis, one with a crown and the other with an ornate headdress, are dressed in jewelled garlands and gold ornaments. A brass oil lamp and flower-decorated offerings sit at the left, and a golden kalasha and floral decorations are on the altar. A standing statue on the right wears a red turban, rudraksha-style beads and layered garlands, holding a staff. Only the single figure from behind is a physical person; the other figures are statues.

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