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A photograph inside a dim stone shrine of a black Shiva lingam decorated with red and white cloth, a garland of flowers, and a horizontal three-striped tripundra marking on its face. A woman in an orange-red sari with gold border, wearing a rudraksha bead necklace and a red beaded headband, raises a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward the lingam with her right hand. In front of her, a shaved-headed person in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha beads holds a raised arm. Oil lamps burn beside the shrine and a small white figurine sits near the flame. Partially visible on the right edge, another person in white clothing. This appears to be an aarti offering to Shiva in a temple shrine.

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