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A photograph taken through a carved doorway of a temple shrine with pink, green and yellow painted frame panels. Standing in the doorway, a bare-chested man in an orange-saffron dhoti and wrap holds a lit oil lamp in front of him with both hands, with a rudraksha mala across his chest and long grey hair. Behind him, a deity murti in white and gold sits on a vahana-like animal figure under a silver halo, adorned with a multicolour garland, in front of gold cloth draping. Steps hold small silver and brass ritual vessels, bowls and figurines, and the floor is black-and-white checkered marble. The man's appearance is not clearly identifiable as the page's a person, so the role is given as a sadhu performing aarti.