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A photograph inside a temple shrine lit by a glowing arched frame of golden bulbs. A bare-chested elderly man in an orange-red dhoti with gold border stands at a gilded altar, reaching toward a silver tray set with flowers and small silver vessels. He wears a beaded headband and has sacred white markings on his shoulder and arm. Beside him, a younger man in orange-red cloth with a yellow-flower garland and beaded bracelets watches. On the right, a bald man in white dhoti with gold border and gold ring holds an offering or item. Pink flowers scatter the floor and altar, with a golden deity murti and a silver kalasha-style canopy behind. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam; the central figure has distinctive adornments but his identity is uncertain from appearance.

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