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A priest in white dhoti with an orange-bordered shawl sits cross-legged on the floor of a temple shrine, bare-chested with a sacred thread, holding a handbell and a small lamp over a puja arrangement. Before him, a dark deity murti stands in a green and gold sari-like garment draped with red and white flower garlands, with an arched gold prabhavali behind it. Brass pots, a kalasha, gold oil lamps and brass bowls of offerings sit on orange cloths. To the right, a larger dark murti in an ornate crown and jewelled silver ornaments stands in an arched niche with red cloth. Behind it hang a patterned yellow and blue textile and a maroon curtain. The scene shows a puja offering in progress.