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A priest with a shaved head, white beard and bare chest, wearing a cream dhoti with a green border, stands at right performing aarti with a lit brass lamp in one hand while ringing a handbell in the other. Before him on an orange-draped table sit brass plates of bananas, fruit, flowers and small bowls. On the left, dozens of black stone murti figures in orange garments with flower garlands are arranged in tiers against a wall. Framed photographs hang on the wall above, and a set of gold double doors stands beside the priest.

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