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Richly decorated temple sanctum with a black Shiva lingam at centre, flanked by two large gilded deity murtis of a seated Shiva and Parvati, both draped in gold and green silks with jewelled necklaces, crowns and garlands of red, orange and white flowers. Four people perform puja: a bare-chested priest in a pink and purple dhoti with a red garland stands at the lingam, while two men in orange saffron dhotis hold a brass vessel and a cup of offerings, and a partly visible figure in orange cloth stands at the left edge. A fifth priest is partly visible in the lower-left foreground. No figure matches the a person candidate description, so the subject is ritual performers, not an identifiable individual.

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