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A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a coloured border holds up a brass multi-wick aarti lamp with five lit flames, one hand on his chest. A red coral bead mala hangs around his neck and a red tilak marks his forehead. Smoke drifts around him, and a second man in white stands behind him. Banana leaves hang overhead at the left, and devotees in orange and saffron saris stand at the left edge, their hands pressed together.

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