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Ritual aarti in a temple doorway. A shaved-headed priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with white horizontal markings on his upper arm, holds a silver aarti lamp with three flames toward a seated figure. The seated figure wears saffron-orange robes and a red-orange mala, sitting on an ornate gold-leaf throne draped with a tiger-striped cloth. Two brass hanging oil lamps, bells, and a carved gold canopy surround the throne. Flanking the doorway are painted deity murti figures with raised hands holding a flame and a serpent-topped object. Dark wooden gates frame the scene, with orange and yellow floral borders.

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