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A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a yellow border stands at center, holding a brass five-flame lamp with lit wicks in both hands, offering aarti before a golden deity murti of a standing Murugan-style figure with a tall crown and gold necklaces, set in front of a dark stone pedestal. Behind him are deep red velvet curtains, and on each side hang tall tassel garlands of yellow, red, white, green and blue threads. He wears a gold-beaded necklace and rudraksha-style mala and glasses. a person is not visibly identifiable here, so this is a priest performing aarti rather than a confirmed presence of the a person.

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