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A bare-chested priest in white dhoti stands at left, raising a lit brass aarti lamp toward a decorated shrine. Behind him stands a dark Shiva lingam-form deity and a second deity figure dressed in gold and yellow garments with flower garlands. The altar is draped in pink and gold silk, with a large heart-shaped arrangement of red, yellow and pink flowers and a silver-faced Shiva mukha at its centre. Brass pots, a bell and offering plates sit on the table in front. Painted pillars with elephant and floral motifs flank the shrine, and a framed portrait hangs above. This appears to be an aarti offered during puja at the shrine.

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