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A night-time ritual photograph in an outdoor temple courtyard. A large silver deity murti. In front, a man in white dhoti with a tilak and a beaded mala holds a red-and-yellow garland and a silver vessel of pink flowers, and a second priest in a white shirt and dhoti holds an open text. To the right, a man in a leopard-print wrap, red garment and layered rudraksha malas, with long swept-back hair, bends toward the deity offering the garland. Behind them, a bare-chested man in orange cloth and a few men in white dhotis stand near a green gate, and a drummer plays a drum. Three people are visible, plus the deity murti.

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