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Inside a temple hall with pillars decorated with colourful striped cloth, a bare-chested priest in an orange-yellow dhoti holds a green umbrella and reaches up to adjust a long garland of red roses and purple flowers. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl stands with a long garland of white and purple flowers, while another man in white clothes with a white-and-gold-bordered shawl and beaded necklaces stands behind a heap of fresh flowers and garlands. Several other attendants in white and orange clothes stand nearby and a deity murti is partly visible at left, with offering trays and a kalasha-style set-up in the foreground. The scene appears to be a temple ritual with garlanding and flower offerings. a person candidacy is uncertain; no clear cues identify a specific person.

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