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Night photograph of an outdoor temple scene with a tiered stone structure covered in yellow-and-white garlands and rows of statues, many wearing flower garlands, including a multi-armed deity figure. On the left a silver ceremonial palanquin or canopy stands on a patterned cloth. In the foreground a seated man in a red-orange garment with a dark head covering sits before offerings of flowers, small heaps of kumkum and bowls, with a pair of drums nearby, apparently leading a ritual. The statues are unmoving stone or metal figures, not living people. The seated man's appearance is not sufficiently distinctive to confirm the page's claim, so his identity remains uncertain.

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