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A young boy with short dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange sacred cloth draped over his shoulder and an orange dhoti, stands at right holding a silver bell in one hand and a small silver dish of offerings in the other, facing a shrine. Three dark stone deity murtis stand on a black pedestal before red and orange draped backdrops: the central murti wears a tall gold crown, a white flower garland, and a bejewelled breastplate; the flanking figures wear yellow and purple silk saris with gold borders and flower garlands. Orange and blue flower arrangements and peacock feathers decorate the base. This appears to be a puja performed before the murtis.

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