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A photograph of a temple ritual in front of a richly decorated altar. Several deity murtis, heavily adorned with yellow, white, orange and red garlands and gold ornaments, sit on an ornate gold-trimmed peetha with banana leaves overhead. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest with a shaved-looking head and a tied topknot, wearing an orange dhoti and a rudraksha-style necklace, stands facing the altar and raises a silver ritual implement. Brass oil lamps stand in front of the murtis, and a white-clothed figure stands to the side. Other decorated shrines appear at the right.

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