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A priest in a white dhoti with a gold border stands bare-chested before a tiered display of many small black statues of saints, each dressed in orange cloth and wearing white-and-pink flower garlands. He faces the display with raised hands in a ritual gesture. On the orange-draped table at right are brass lamps, a kalasha, plates of fruit and flowers, and small silver bowls. Framed portraits hang on the wall beside a golden-framed window. The priest has a white beard and a rudraksha mala and performs a puja or aarti.

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