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A ritual aarti scene in a temple hall with gold and cream décor. A bald priest in an orange dhoti and shawl stands center, raising a tall lit lamp of multiple flames toward the viewer. Around him, devotees in white and orange sit and kneel, some with hands folded in prayer. On a raised round platform at right, a woman in white sits beside a brass tray of lamps, and a man in white with an orange shawl stands nearby. A gilded deity murti sits in a shrine at left beneath red drapery, with a painting of a seated saint at right, a golden lion statue on the far right, and green garlands above. Visible people number about 20.

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