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A devotee in a white dhoti and white shirt bends forward at the left, one hand resting near a small white elephant figure beside a decorated deity murti. The murti wears a silver crown, layered gold and silver necklaces, and a red and purple garment, and is draped with yellow and red marigold garlands and a pink lotus. At right, another devotee in an orange garment and bangles adjusts or offers something at the murti. A red-and-gold ceremonial plinth with a pink-brown cloth sits below. Scene suggests puja or padapuja.

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