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Indoor temple photograph of a shrine with a gold-framed inner sanctum. In the centre, a deity murti stands against a red and orange backdrop with a golden halo. To the right, a bearded figure with a white garment kneels or bows before a portrait-like murti on a red and gold stand. A man in a white kurta stands at the rail, leaning toward the shrine. In the foreground, three people sit on the floor with palms pressed together in prayer: a man in an orange-and-yellow shawl on the left, a woman in an orange sari with a flower garland in the centre, and a bald man in an ochre robe beside her. A brass footprint plate on the rail reads 'चरण पादुका'-style inscription. Walls are covered with printed Sanskrit text. A brass lamp stand is at the far left.

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