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A covered outdoor pavilion with a corrugated metal roof and red triangular banners at the top holds a decorated shrine at its centre. A deity murti stands under a canopy of garlands in orange, yellow and white flowers, with red curtains draped at the sides. Marigold garlands hang across the shrine's stone platform, and a flower rangoli sits on the floor in front. Rows of shiny steel plates cover the ground in the foreground. Several people stand at the left and right edges near tables; a man in a white shirt gestures toward the shrine, and a small figure kneels at the base of the shrine. No candidate is clearly identifiable as a person.

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