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Inside a small temple shrine with polished stone walls, a dark stone deity murti with a tall ornate crown and a yellow cloth draped over it stands on the right. On the left, a bare-chested man with long matted hair, a yellow and red flower garland and white sacred markings on his forehead stands with palms pressed together in prayer. In the centre, a shaved-headed priest in a yellow dhoti with a white upper cloth, sacred thread and folded hands smiles toward the deity. A second priest in a white dhoti stands behind, and a brass kalasha vessel sits at the base of the murti. A yellow and orange shawl hangs on the wooden door. The scene reads as a puja or darshan at the Anjaneya temple.

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