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A priest in white ritual clothes with a sacred ash mark on his forehead holds a lit camphor lamp in front of a seated golden deity murti with a trident, crowned and draped in a green and gold silk cloth. The murti sits on a golden throne framed with white and orange garlands. A brass bowl of flower petals and offerings sits on a green table cloth in the foreground, and a small brass murti stands to the left. Marigold and white flower garlands decorate the shrine, with calla lilies and a glittering backdrop behind the throne.

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