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A photograph of a decorated shrine with a golden arched frame, hung with flower strands and leaf festoons. Two large deity murtis sit on a green-draped platform: a male figure with a red turban and crown, holding a trident and a staff, and a female figure in a magenta sari with a red-and-gold blouse, wearing layered necklaces. Flower garlands in yellow, orange, red and purple wrap the pillars. A dark lingam sits on a stone yoni-peetha in front, with a brass lamp to the right. A standing man in an orange-saffron robe, partly visible at left, touches a white bull statue. A small red-clad figure with a garland sits at the lower right.

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