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A seated figure on an ornate gold throne is viewed from behind inside a temple shrine framed by painted guardian statues with crowns and green-and-pink dhotis. The seated person wears a dark garment with a red-and-white flower garland. A large multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit wicks is raised in front, held by blurred hands at the lower left. Two attendants in white and cream clothing sit at the base of the throne, one reaching toward it. Gold canopy, hanging brass lamps and a dark wall with rudraksha strands surround the shrine. The scene reads as an aarti at a temple throne.

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