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Photograph of a temple shrine during an evening Guru Puja and Naivedyam offering. Two men sit on the floor in white dhotis and bare upper bodies with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces; the man on the left sits with hands resting in his lap, and the man on the right holds a brass bell while a large brass vessel of flowers sits on a low stand. In front of them, a long green cloth is covered with rows of fruit (oranges, apples, grapes, kiwis, watermelon slices), and dozens of small brass bowls of colourful food offerings fill the foreground. Behind them stand three painted deity murti in dressed finery and garlands, with a seated gold-decorated deity murti on a shrine to the right. A maroon patterned wall hangs behind the shrine.

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