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A shrine doorway decorated for worship. Two tall painted cloth panels in green, red, blue and yellow with floral and geometric motifs and yellow-orange hems frame the entrance. Garlands of marigolds and green leaves hang across the top and down the sides. Inside, a seated figure in white sits before a golden arched backrest, largely hidden by a heavy garland of yellow, orange, pink and purple flowers. A shivalinga-like ornament with a white three-striped marking crowns the flower mass on a dark stone pedestal. A hanging brass pot sits above, and two brass oil lamps stand on either side. Red gladiolus stems are set in woven cones at the threshold, and the floor before the shrine is yellow with a patterned threshold design. The scene shows a deity murti or seated figure in a decorated shrine, with no people visible.

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Two tall cylindrical pillar wraps flank the entrance, patterned with yellow flowers, white dove motifs in red and blue panels, and yellow fabric skirts at the base. Inside, a dark stone shrine holds a golden-framed lingam-form deity murti covered in flower garlands of orange marigold, white and pink blossoms, with a white tripundra marking on the top. A hanging brass lamp with marigold strands hangs from the ceiling above. Brass oil lamps stand on either side at the threshold, with green and red flower bundles placed at the base of the pillars and a decorated floor mat in front.A photograph of a decorated shrine niche holding a Shiva lingam, dressed with pink, red and purple flower garlands and a wreath of marigolds. A brass trisula-like crown and a hanging brass bell with yellow and orange marigold strands sit above it. Two brass oil lamps stand on either side, with banana-leaf bouquets of red gladiolus. 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