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A temple ritual with a fire pit in the foreground, flames rising at left, and offerings of fruit and flowers on the altar edge. A seated figure in saffron-red robes, with long hair and a rudraksha mala, sits on a silver throne before a golden Nandi-shaped vessel garlanded with yellow flowers. Two assistants in orange and yellow cloth, one with a red headband, pour or hold vessels toward the altar. Behind them, deity murti with a crown and garlands stand in a shrine decorated with red drapery and gold arches.

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