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A photograph of a golden-framed shrine holding a deity murti dressed in a red skirt and draped with long garlands of yellow marigolds, white flowers and deep purple blossoms, with a red-and-gold crown. In the foreground a bare-backed priest in an orange dhoti with a striped border stands at left, raising green leaves and garland toward the murti. At right a seated man with a bare chest wears a deep red and cream rudraksha-style bead garland over a brown shawl and holds his hands together in a devotional gesture, his hair decorated with flowers. A red-and-gold canopy with tassels hangs at the upper right. Two people are visible, and a fragment of a third figure appears at the far left edge.

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