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A photograph of a temple sanctum during an aarti. In the foreground, a man's raised arm holds a brass oil lamp with a bright flame, smoke curling upward; the back of his curly-haired head is visible at the bottom edge. Behind him stand ornately decorated deity murtis draped in garlands of yellow and red flowers, adorned with jewelled necklaces, against a red curtain and gold-carved arch. Hanging strings of white beads cross the top of the frame. A golden throne-like peetha with a green-and-yellow garland sits in the centre.

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