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A night-time temple ritual at an outdoor shrine. A bare-chested priest in a green and white dhoti with a yellow shawl holds a lit camphor aarti flame toward a seated man with hands folded in namaskar, wearing an orange robe and a pink-and-white garland, sitting on an ornate gold throne with leopard-print cushions. Behind the priest stands a deity murti draped in orange cloth and a large floral garland of yellow, red and white blossoms, beneath a multicoloured canopy. A brass lamp stand and kneeling devotees, a woman in a dark outfit and a man with rudraksha malas, sit at the lower left with hands in prayer. A white-and-gold floral pillar frames the left edge.

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