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Photo of a temple worship scene before a large deity murti of Venkateswara with a tall white upright tilak, adorned with garlands of yellow and red flowers and a golden crown. In front, on a stone platform, stand two gilded utsava murtis of the deity with his consorts, dressed in yellow garments and golden crowns. A priest in a yellow dhoti with a white-haired head and grey beard waves smoke from an incense or camphor holder over the murtis, while a bearded man in a green dhoti holds a small bell. Around the platform, several bare-chested men wearing rudraksha malas and white tilak marks watch; one holds a lit oil lamp in a brass holder, and another bald devotee in a yellow dhoti stands at the right. The setting is a temple sanctum with marigold garlands.

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