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A priest with grey hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange-red dhoti, sits cross-legged at the lower left of a small shrine and performs puja before a black stone deity murti. The murti wears a silver crown, red and pink garlands, and a red silk garment, set against a gold arched backdrop and reddish granite walls. Before him are a brass plate with pink hibiscus flowers, a green cloth, bowls of kumkum and haldi, cut fruit, a kalasha-style offering, and a row of small oil lamps with yellow flowers. A rudraksha mala hangs at his neck and white markings are visible on his arm and chest. One person is visible.

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