Night photograph of a white marble shrine pavilion with red velvet curtains draped on its pillars, housing a deity murti with a crown and garlands, seated on a pedestal with a kalasha and brass lamps. Devotees in white shirts and orange-saffron robes stand in a row with hands folded in prayer, while one saffron-robed figure holds a lit lamp toward the shrine. Dark trees surround the scene. - Nithyanandapedia

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Night photograph of a white marble shrine pavilion with red velvet curtains draped on its pillars, housing a deity murti with a crown and garlands, seated on a pedestal with a kalasha and brass lamps. Devotees in white shirts and orange-saffron robes stand in a row with hands folded in prayer, while one saffron-robed figure holds a lit lamp toward the shrine. Dark trees surround the scene.

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