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A photograph of a temple ritual in an indoor shrine with blue-painted walls and a colourful deity statue at right, showing a multi-hued carved figure holding a trident-like staff. Several people stand and kneel around a seated pair of women draped in garlands of white flowers with red blooms. One kneeling woman in a white sari holds a silver tray of coconut, bananas and fruit, while another in a pink-and-orange sari receives a brass plate. Men in white dhotis and a shawl stand nearby; one man in white with a gold-bordered shawl stands centrally. A shaved-headed man in saffron-coloured cloth and beads stands at left, and an orange-clad figure with rudraksha beads stands at right. Brass vessels sit on the floor. The scene appears to be a puja or blessing with offerings.

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