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A photograph of a procession inside a temple hall with a red-and-white striped floor runway. In the centre, a man in a rust-brown dhoti and shawl with a gold waist-band and a large garland of flowers holds a small object and stands beside a dark stone deity murti. Behind him a row of men in orange or saffron cloth and white dhotis carry staffs and ritual items, and a woman in a violet and blue saree stands among them. A bronze lamp stand and a tray with a brass lamp sit in the foreground, with marigold garlands hanging on the pillars and framed panels on the walls behind. Several attendants wear rudraksha malas and ash marks, and some are bare-chested. The setting suggests a ritual procession in a temple.

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