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Night ritual on a stone-pillared temple porch. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with long dark hair, faces right and waves a flaming lamp and holds a brass bell over a shrine. Before him sits a large deity murti pair with ornate gold crowns, garlanded with yellow and red flower garlands, one figure seated on a red-clothed pedestal. A brass oil lamp stands nearby, with a silver kalasha and offerings in front, and string lights glow behind. Attendants in white stand at the edges. Aarti being performed.

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