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A photograph inside a plain white-walled room showing a man in a long saffron-orange robe with long, wavy black hair and white paint on his arms, reaching up with both hands to place red and orange flower garlands on a large decorated deity murti. The murti is draped in green, red and white flower garlands and a red cloth, with a painted face and a crown-like headdress. Behind him stand two men in orange robes; the one on the left wears a rudraksha mala and a gold-coloured necklace, and the one in the middle wears an orange shawl and beaded necklace. A brass vessel sits at the base of the murti. The man in orange appears to be performing a ritual garlanding of the deity. a person: the central figure has long, swept-back hair and saffron robes, performing the garlanding. Other attendants are visible at the right edge.

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