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Night-time photograph of a temple interior with a red floor where a group of devotees in white dhotis and white saris, some with gold or orange borders and orange shawls, stand with hands folded facing a decorated shrine. The shrine is draped with yellow and white flower garlands and banana leaves, with deity murti in ornate garments and garlands in the centre. A small boy in white stands at the right edge facing the shrine. Ceremonial lamps and a kalasha-style arrangement sit on the altar. Some people in the foreground stand with bags slung across their shoulders. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.

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