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Dense crowd of devotees pressing toward an ornate, decorated temple-style stage for darshan. Central deity murti sits under a white and gold arch with carved figures, flanked by golden pillars, elephant carvings and tall decorated poles strung with multicolour tassels. Several men in white dhotis and bare upper bodies stand near the altar, some with rudraksha-style neck garlands, while onlookers in shirts and kurtas lean forward. Blue stage lighting and a white canopy overhead. Mostly unsure of any individual presence on stage; no clear a person candidate identified.

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