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A standing man in a rust-brown dhoti with gold-yellow borders and a multi-coloured flower garland waves a lit camphor flame in a brass lamp toward a golden throne. Gold bangles are on his arm. Beside the throne, a shaved-headed young man in an orange robe and rudraksha mala sits holding a silver tray of flowers. A seated deity murti in brown and gold is draped with layered garlands of red, yellow, green and white flowers. An orange cloth covers the altar table, and a white floor fan stands behind the tray. The ritual looks like aarti before a murti.

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