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A night-time photograph of an outdoor shrine. A man with long dark hair and a beard, dressed in a white kurta and white dhoti with bare feet, stands at left holding a brass lamp stand with a lit flame toward the shrine. At centre, a black stone deity murti wearing an orange cloth and a white flower garland sits beneath a golden arch and a red and multicoloured fringed umbrella. In front, a rocky mound holds a pink-robed figure garlanded with red and white flowers. Brass pots and small oil lamps sit on the ground around a water-filled stone basin, and dark trees frame the scene.

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