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A photograph inside a small home shrine alcove with a wooden cabinet door on the left and a patterned tiled wall behind. On the shelves sit a framed deity picture, a red figurine, flowers, brass vessels and a small oil lamp. A man in an orange-red dhoti and bare chest, wearing a long white jasmine garland with red and blue ribbon accents, stands at right holding a brass vessel with a lit flame. A second person stands behind him in orange clothing. A photographer's camera is visible at lower left. Appearance cues are insufficient to confirm the identity of the person holding the lamp, so his role is described only as a devotee performing a lamp offering.

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