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A temple-style ritual hall with a red wall and a multicoloured woven mat on the floor. On the left, a man in a rust-orange dhoti and orange turban holds a tray of offerings. Centre, two white-clad priests in white dhotis stand before a decorated deity murti on a red-draped altar, garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. A shaven-headed man in orange-brown robes kneels in the foreground beside a small oil lamp, and a man in a blue cloth kneels at the lower right near a flower-decorated seat. Gilded thrones with peacock-coloured canopies, ceremonial gilded staffs and a yellow-and-red banner frame the scene. Two figures in the background show dark statues or deity murtis on the right throne, adorned with red and white garlands. Ritual puja or abhishekam setting.

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