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A photograph inside a thatched-roof temple hall with lattice screens and hanging brass lamps. On the left, a figure in saffron-orange robes with an orange head wrap stands beside a group of men in white dhotis and shirts, some with palms pressed in anjali. The figure holds a tray of flower-decorated offerings. A man at centre-right raises a small hand bell during the ritual. On the right, a bronze deity murti in a dancing pose, draped with garlands of red and white flowers and orange cloth, stands on a green-topped platform. The platform holds brass bowls of fruit, sweets and marigold and rose petals, with a brass lamp and a brass kalasha-style vessel nearby. Women in white stand at the far left edge. Ritual puja or aarti scene.