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A temple-hall ritual photograph. In the lower left, a man with long dark hair and a white garland, wearing an orange-saffron garment, sits with palms pressed together in namaskar. Beside a white brick-built square altar strewn with flower petals, a small lamp burns, and a man in a white dhoti kneels at the front-right with a woman in a red sari and a man in cream silk. Behind them, a standing man in white and others in mustard and pink clothes attend the rite. On the right, a large white bull statue (Nandi) is draped with garlands and a red-and-gold cloth, and a deity murti in red and yellow silk sits atop a green-bordered platform. Two decorated umbrellas and an ornate brass stand frame the left side. A corrugated roof and leafy garland hang above.

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