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Devotees crowd a richly decorated shrine with painted pink, blue and yellow pillars, garlanded door frame and flower-strewn floor. Two tall deity figures flank a golden central shrine adorned with yellow and red garlands and a hanging brass lamp. In the foreground a bald priest wears a rust-orange dhoti and shawl, and a monk in saffron robes stands beside him. Men in white shirts, a checked shirt and a striped shirt line up in front of the shrine, some holding papers. A white pedestal fan and a light stand sit at the lower left. The scene suggests darshan at a temple shrine. a person identity is not established by appearance here.

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