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Photograph of a decorated shrine in a temple hall during a puja. At center stands a deity murti with a gold crown and a face-framing gold halo, dressed in a pink and teal silk garment and adorned with a gold chest ornament, draped in red, orange and white flower garlands. A woman in a pink sari stands at left, bowing with a brass vessel held to her face, while a second person in a cream dhoti and shawl stands at the far left edge. Brass oil lamps with lit wicks flank the deity on a green cloth-covered platform, with a bowl of rose petals and white and orange flowers in front. A maroon banner with a seated figure embroidered in gold hangs at upper left, and a gold-glitter tree backdrop and palm fronds frame the scene.

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