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A priest with a bare back and long braided hair stands in the foreground at left, holding a lit lamp toward three decorated deity murtis in a shrine. The central figure wears a blue and purple sari with a golden crown and heavy jewelled necklaces, holding a staff and a golden object. Flanking figures wear a green and pink sari and a pink sari, with gold crowns and ornate garlands. Behind them is a golden arched backdrop with red floral patterns, and red, yellow and purple tassel decorations hang at the right edge. The scene is a Rajarajeshwari procession during the Brahmotsavam festival at ADIKAILASA, with a lamp-lit puja being offered to the deity murtis.

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Photograph of a priest seen from behind, bare-backed with a long braid and an orange cloth draped over one shoulder, performing an offering before three ornately dressed deity murtis in an ornate gilded shrine. The central murti wears a purple skirt, jewelled necklaces and a crown and holds a sceptre-like staff; the figure on the left wears a green and pink sari with gold ornaments, and the figure on the right wears a pink sari with a crown. Red and gold decorations and tassels frame the shrine. Caption text in the corner reads Sri Rajarajeshwari Procession, Rajarajeshwari Brahmotsavam - Day 10.2022-02-17A photograph of a priest performing aarti before deity murtis of Devi Rajarajeshwari and attendant goddesses in a temple shrine. The priest seen from behind is bare-chested with a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder and a tied hair bun, holding a lamp and waving light toward the central figure. 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