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A photograph of a temple scene before a large white-and-red decorated deity murti of a goddess with multiple arms, holding ritual objects, adorned with garlands of pink and yellow flowers. A man in a white dhoti and shirt, with curly dark hair, leans forward with hands folded and offers a pale green gift bag toward the altar. A second, younger man in an orange-saffron cloth with bead necklaces and bronze armlets reaches out to receive it. On the right, a bald priest with his back to the camera wears a saffron shawl and rudraksha beads. A brass oil lamp and a gold-coloured puja tray with offerings sit in front of the murti, with a smaller murti garlanded beside it. Red and orange cloth drapes the background.

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