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A photograph of an outdoor temple ritual under a tiled roof framed by large green banana leaves. In the centre, a saffron-robed figure with a shaved head stands before a decorated shrine with garlands and a deity murti pair, and a portrait of a saffron-robed figure rests on a flower-decorated platform. Seated devotees in white with yellow shawls sit on the floor before rows of brass and clay bowls, offerings and small oil lamps. A woman in a red-orange sari with yellow garland sits with folded hands. Musicians play drums and a horn at the left, a cameraman with a tripod films at the right, and a man in white ritual clothes sits in the foreground. Saffron curtains hang behind the shrine, and the plants and trees of the open courtyard surround the scene.

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