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Night photograph of a temple-style ritual at an outdoor setting. In the foreground, a woman in a maroon silk garment with gold border and a red-and-yellow flower garland faces away from the camera, palms pressed together in namaskar toward a large painted deity murti with blue skin, white crown, and yellow and green garlands, holding a trident. To the left, a shaved-headed man in orange-saffron robes and a rudraksha mala stands beside a brass oil lamp. Brass lamps and palm fronds surround the scene, with a decorative backdrop behind. Suggests puja or aarti offering.

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