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Photograph of a Hindu temple shrine during a Varalakshmi puja. A woman in a green-and-gold sari with a red border stands at left, holding a lit oil lamp toward a decorated deity murti dressed in a red and gold silk sari with jewelled necklaces and flower garlands. Two more devotees are visible at right: one in a green-and-blue sari kneeling and holding a lamp, another partly seen. Behind them, dark stone deity murtis are adorned with white flower garlands, gold ornaments and coloured silks. Coconuts and white flowers lie in front of the central murti. Lamps stand on brass stands against a yellow wall.

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