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A photograph of a ritual at a shrine: a golden deity murti, adorned with a crown, silver necklaces and jewelled ornaments, stands before a red backdrop and a gold-framed arch decorated with garlands of white, yellow and purple flowers and green leaves. In the foreground a person in an orange-brown robe with hair in a bun stands with back to the camera, and a bald priest in an orange-red garment bows toward the murti while holding a silver tray with a silver bowl and a broom-like bundle. The scene appears to be a temple puja or abhishekam; the page excerpt mentions a Vaitheeswara homa, but no such ceremony is legible in the frame. Two people are visible, and the silver tray and a copper-coloured object are clearly visible.

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