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A priest, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, sits cross-legged on a mat before a shrine, hands folded in namaskar and head bowed in prayer. A rudraksha mala hangs at his neck. Before him stands a dark-faced deity murti with a tall crown and raised arm, behind a gilded arch with carved lions and a red curtain. A second, smaller deity in a blue and gold sari sits in front on a gold-and-orange altar, garlanded with yellow and red flowers and marigolds. Brass lamps, a kalasha, silver bowls, sweets and a tray of offerings are arranged on orange cloth.

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