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Night-time photograph of a temple courtyard with string lights strung overhead. A large dark Shivalinga draped with yellow and red flower garlands stands in the background beside a lit shrine. Four people stand at a long table with metal plates of white cloth-wrapped offerings and small packets. Two young attendants in saffron-orange dhotis and rudraksha malas stand at the centre and right, while two men in white dhotis, one bare-chested with white sacred markings on his body, handle the items. A woman sits partly visible at the far left. A cardboard box and an orange folder rest on the table.

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