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A seated figure in a red-orange robe sits on an ornate gold throne carved with lions and draped with leopard-print and tiger-striped cushions, wearing a pink and white flower garland and a red bindi. Before him, a man with a shaved bare back and an orange cloth wrapped around his waist and head raises a lit flame on a lamp. Gold bells and hanging chains decorate the shrine, with painted deity murtis with multiple arms flanking the throne. Two seated devotees in the foreground offer prayers at the base of the throne, one holding a hand up. This appears to be a pada puja ritual.

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