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A priest stands bare-chested in a temple shrine, wearing a gold-bordered white dhoti, and offers arati with a lamp toward a black Shiva lingam decorated with gold ornaments, a gold-trimmed yellow cloth and a yellow-and-pink flower garland. Behind the lingam, deity murtis in gold-bordered yellow and orange silk sit on a raised platform under maroon drapes, with a tall brass lamp stand on the right. Other murtis, one adorned with orange-and-yellow marigold garlands, stand in ornate gold shrines. Brass pooja vessels and a tray sit on the left, and a stepped plinth leads up to the central deities.

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