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A young man with short dark hair stands in profile before a temple shrine, wearing a white dhoti and an orange-red shawl over his shoulder, with a rudraksha bracelet on his upper arm. Beside him, a golden deity murti with a trident and a conical crown is garlanded with white and red flowers, and another golden figure with a crown sits beside it. On the altar table are brass bells, a kalasha, small oil lamps and a silver bowl. On the right, a framed portrait is garlanded with red and orange flowers, and small painted figurines stand on a purple cloth. A woman in the upper right corner is also present, and part of another person's head is visible in the foreground.

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