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A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with gold border and gold-and-bead necklaces performs aarti, holding a silver lamp with a flame in his right hand and a brass bell in his left, seated before a white marble murti of a seated figure draped in orange cloth with a garland. Brass pots, a brass bowl and a green cloth sit on the floor, with incense smoke rising in a dim outdoor shrine behind an ornate metal grille. The priest's face and identity are not attributed; the seated figure is a statue, not a person.

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