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A bare-chested priest in white ritual cloth performs aarti with a brass oil lamp before a black stone deity murti of Venkateswara, dressed in a pink crown-like headdress, jewelled ornaments, green leaf garlands and marigold-and-rose garlands. The murti stands within an ornate gold arch against a red velvet backdrop, with a Vaishnavite urdhva pundra tilak on its forehead. The priest's raised right hand holds the lamp near the deity's face.

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