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Evening ritual inside a temple-style hall with grey stone pillars and red curtains. A standing figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl and holds a mala, facing two sculpted deity figures seated on a raised platform: a gold-crowned deity with an orange turban and white jewelled necklaces, and a female deity in a pink and green sari. Beside the standing figure, a man in a brown-orange shawl stands close. In the foreground, several people in orange and blue clothing sit or kneel, one in a blue garment, while brass pots and kalasha vessels sit on a tray at left and a white figure stands near the platform. The attendant's role and the exact ritual are not clearly visible.

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