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A photograph of a stage ritual in a dark hall. On the left, a woman in a gold and yellow sari sits on a gold throne with lion-shaped armrests, under a multicoloured fringed canopy, on a red platform. Two priests in white dhotis stand and bend at a decorated altar holding a deity murti with garlands; one priest holds a lamp. In the right foreground, a seated woman in a white top and orange shawl and a man in white attend the offerings, which include fruit, a sweet-meat plate and a decorated pot. The floor is dark and reflective.

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