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A young priest in white dhoti with a gold border and bare upper body sits cross-legged on the floor before a shrine, reading from an open book. Behind him, a gold-framed arch holds two painted deity murti seated on a teal cloth-draped dais, one wielding a trident-like staff and crowned, the other crowned and garlanded with white and red flowers. Flower vases, brass oil lamps, a small kalasha-like brass vessel and a plate with kumkum and vibhuti sit on a white altar. A standing figure on the left holds a staff and a seated figure on the right wears orange robes, a red-and-gold shawl, rudraksha-style beads and a turban, with a teal cloth draped beneath them. Orange-bordered flags with red emblems flank the shrine, and yellow plaques bear Sanskrit script. The image is a ritual photo of puja.

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