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A temple ritual at a shrine with carved stone pillars and orange curtains. Deity murti are decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands and offerings of fruit sit on the stone ledge. A man in white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl stands at left, reaching toward the deity with a flower garland. Beside him a man in a red cloth holds a tray of offerings. A man in orange robes stands at the right edge pointing toward the shrine, and another person in white stands behind him wearing a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala. A woman in white stands at far left. Behind them an orange-robed figure stands near a gold-decorated altar with a floral-covered murti. The scene is a puja with abhishekam offerings.

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