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A temple ritual scene before a shrine with a golden deity murti of Shiva with trident and a female deity beside him, draped in red cloth, garlanded with flower and bead strands, flanked by two smaller green-backed shrine figures. A man seated on a golden peetha/throne wears a red turban, red-brown robe, gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads, and is surrounded by devotees in white dhotis and orange robes, some bare-chested, and women in white and orange saris. Some attendees hold white cloth and a silver-rimmed object, and a woman in white is bent beside the throne. The man's identity is not established from appearance alone, so he is described by role only.

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