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Photograph inside a temple shrine during a puja. A seated priest with bare upper body, white dhoti, orange tilak and a gold lamp in his hands performs the ritual, while a second man in white dhoti with folded hands sits at the right edge. Behind them stand decorated deity murti figures adorned with fresh flower garlands, and a central figure is garlanded with red and white flowers in front of an orange cloth. Brass vessels, a kalasha, bananas, fruit, a bell and rose petals sit on an orange-cloth-covered floor, and a red and gold cloth hangs in the background.

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