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A decorated shrine with gold-painted deity statues of a seated male and female pair, the male holding a trident and wearing a red-and-green turban, the female in white and silver embroidered dress with jewelled necklaces. A dark stone lingam at the centre is draped in red cloth, adorned with red and yellow marigold garlands, green leaves and a jewelled band. In the foreground a small copper and brass figure of a deity in red stands beneath an ornate arch, with a brass kalasha and offerings. A partly visible person in orange robes sits at the lower left, handling a brass vessel. The scene is a temple worship display; the statues are depictions, not physical people.

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