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A temple ritual photograph at a shrine where a priest in a white dhoti and face mask stands at left performing an aarti or lamp offering before two ornately dressed deity murtis. The central figure wears a green garment and a tall pink-and-gold crown with a green backdrop, and the figure on the right wears a red-and-gold sari-style dress with a tall crown. Multiple oil lamps are lit on a tiered brass stand in front of the figures, and a fabric backdrop with draped gold and green hangings frames the scene. No identifiable a person candidate is visible, so the figures shown are deity murtis rather than a person.

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