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A worshipper's bare arm, wearing a gold bangle and a dark sleeve, holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame aloft over a large ornate gold-coloured brass bowl on a carved square pedestal. The bowl holds a silver cup, marigold-like yellow and red flowers, and small brass items. A brass bell is held in the other hand at lower left. Behind the altar stand framed devotional pictures, a small brass figure, and a pyramid-shaped object on a shelf below a flat-screen TV. Wrapped cloth in tan and cream lies at lower left. A ritual aarti or abhishekam setting with no visible person in saffron or ornate clothing.

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