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A photograph of a ritual scene before a golden backdrop. A priest in a red-orange turban and draped red-orange cloth stands at left, with sacred ash marks on his arm and bead bracelets, adjusting or offering at a central deity murti. The central murti is adorned with heavy yellow and white marigold garlands with red flowers, a tall ornate crown, gold and jewelled necklaces, and a gold bejewelled dhoti; two smaller flanking murtis wear similar garlands and crowns. Smoke or incense haze drifts across the image. Ritual abhishekam or alankaram setting with no clearly identifiable person visible beyond the priest.

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