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A shaved-headed priest in an orange-brown dhoti and shawl kneels in the foreground, lifting a tall multi-tiered brass oil lamp with flames toward a shrine. Behind him, a seated figure in a red robe with a rudraksha mala sits on an ornate golden throne draped with a tiger-skin cloth, hands raised in a gesture. Flanking the entrance are two painted, multi-armed guardian figures in pink and green, each holding a staff. Brass lamps stand on either side, and string lights glow inside the shrine. The scene appears to be an aarti or lamp offering at a shrine.

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