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A photograph inside a covered temple hall during a ritual. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with white ash marks on his chest and arms stands facing right, holding a silver plate of flowers. Beside him, a figure in saffron-orange robes with a raised right hand, possibly giving a blessing, faces a long white-draped table crowded with small painted clay and wooden figurines, dolls and deity idols, including a golden horse and a golden deity figure with a crown. Behind them, a row of devotees in white clothes stands with hands folded, and a wooden harmonium sits among them. A banner with printed text hangs on the back wall above a shrine. Several people in the background watch the scene.

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