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A temple interior with gilded pillars and a golden altar behind. A bare-chested priest with a long braided topknot, rudraksha beads and an orange-red cloth around his waist stands at left, holding a brass bowl on a tray with red flowers. An elderly man in a white short-sleeved shirt presses his hand to his forehead while receiving vibhuti or sacred ash, and a man in a checked shirt at right holds a small white cloth. A dark deity murti stands in the background. Context suggests a puja or darshan; the priest's cues do not clearly identify him.

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