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A photograph inside a dim temple hall at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru. A man with long dark hair in an orange-saffron robe stands with palms pressed together in namaskar before a large blue-skinned deity murti of a goddess with a crown, multiple raised arms and a garland of yellow marigolds, with a figure lying at her feet. Behind him a second robed person in orange with a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded. Brass oil lamps (deepas) with lit flames flank the scene, and marigold and white flower offerings sit at the base.

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