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Interior shrine photograph with a timestamp reading 23 juil. 2022 19:44:49 in the top right corner. A priest with a shaved-looking head and bare back, wearing an orange dhoti and orange shawl with a white sacred thread, stands in the foreground raising a lit lamp toward a golden multi-tiered lamp stand. Behind him, a gilded arch frames a golden throne holding deity murtis, including a seated figure with a silver crown beside a figure in red, with a lion figure nearby. Gold lamp stands, brass oil lamps with flames, a metal plate and a striped mat surround the altar. A standing murti in an orange cloth sits in a gold niche to the right, above a blue draped cloth. Dark red and orange drapes hang behind.

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