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A temple ritual in an unfinished hall with exposed bamboo scaffolding and bare concrete columns. Two priests in white dhotis stand at a shrine decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands, red flower heaps and banana leaves before a gilded arched backdrop. The priest at right, bare-chested with a sacred thread and a gold-bordered yellow cloth, lifts his hand over the shrine, while the other holds a woven basket. In front, a tiered stone yagna or abhishekam platform is ringed with marigolds and scattered rice, with brass bowls, a plate of fruit and a jackfruit nearby. The second priest appears to be a attendant rather than a figure identified in the page.

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