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Outdoor temple ritual in daylight beneath a gold-fringed canopy. A large deity murti is heavily garlanded with red, purple, yellow and white flowers and green leaves, with a white-and-gold ornamented face and body. An elderly bare-chested priest with white hair bends forward to adjust the garland, while a shirtless young man in white dhoti stands at right looking up. In the foreground left, a person in orange robes and a young child with folded hands watch. Brass oil lamps and a smaller decorated murti stand near the platform, with ritual items and a wooden base in front.

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