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Night outdoor scene at a temple-style stage with steps in red and white. A brightly lit, gold-framed shrine holds a painted or sculpted deity murti with red and blue figures, flanked by red and orange hangings. Several people in pink and white clothing sit or kneel on the platform before the shrine. Seated women in saris and devotees sit on the left, and men in white stand on the right. A man in a checked shirt stands on the steps and a child in blue checked clothing sits below. Partially visible people fill the foreground, and the scene is dark except for the illuminated shrine.

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