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A photograph of a shrine with two large deity murti, one male and one female, standing on a pink-draped pedestal beneath a gilded arch. The male figure holds a trident and wears a red turban and silver necklaces; the female figure wears a green blouse, red garlands and jewelry. In front, a seated figure in an orange-brown robe and white cloth, with a gold headdress and garlands, bows or performs padapuja while brass lamps, a kalasha and offering plates surround the base. Red curtains hang on the pillars and a small decorated stand sits at right. A leopard-skin mat lies in the foreground.

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