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Photograph of a devotional ritual at an outdoor shrine with grey stone carving and colourful striped pillars with floral patterns. A red umbrella is held over a central deity murti and throne-like seat draped in a striped cloth canopy. Devotees stand in a line on a red carpet: several men with long black hair wear orange and saffron cloths and bare chests, some in white dhotis with gold borders, and women in orange saris and white attire stand to the side. A priest in a white dhoti with gold border stands at the shrine's left, and another figure in a saffron cloth stands near the murti. Trees and foliage surround the courtyard.

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