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A priest in white dhoti with gold-yellow border and bare upper body, wearing a black face mask and long hair tied up, stands on a tiled floor holding a lit oil lamp aloft in his right hand while a small brass bell rests in his left. Before him, a white statue seated on a dark tiled pedestal wears an orange turban, orange-red robe, gold ornaments and garlands of orange and white flowers, with hands raised in blessing. A dark wooden table holds brass plates of fruit, a brass cup and a kalasha-like vessel. A vase of orange lilies sits nearby against a deep red wall, with a gold-carved shrine panel at left. The scene reads as a puja or aarti in a temple room.

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