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A devotee in a blue sari-style garment with bare upper back and long dark hair stands with folded hands before a temple shrine. On the raised stone platform, deity murti figures in blue and purple robes are adorned with marigold and garland, with a kalasha-style vessel and brass lamps before them. A priest in white dhoti and shawl stands at right beside an orange-red curtain and a decorated hanging pennant. Garlands and offerings surround the shrine under a stone pillared pavilion.

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