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Inside a temple shrine, a priest in orange robes and a red shawl stands at the altar, holding a ritual implement toward a group of brass and deity murti figures draped with garlands and gold jewellery. Oil lamps and brass plates of flowers and offerings sit on the floor. Women in saris and salwar, one in black and one in teal, sit in the foreground watching the puja, with their backs partly toward the camera. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is present in the frame.

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