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A photograph of an open-air shrine under palm and bamboo trees, with gold pillars and an umbrella-canopy. On the left, gold-framed deity murtis on a red-and-green draped table are decorated with yellow and red flower garlands. On the right, a seated statue of a sage or guru wearing a maroon crown-like headwear and rudraksha-style beaded garlands sits on a striped cushioned seat under a fringed canopy. In the foreground a priest with a bare back and white sacred thread sits facing the shrine, with brass oil lamps, flower petals and ritual vessels before him. One visible person.

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