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A night-time outdoor photograph at a ritual site with dark sky and lamps. In the centre, a man in a maroon kurta with a rudraksha-style pendant holds his arm outstretched toward a burning torch held by a woman in white with a gold-bordered sari. Beside her, a woman in a light green salwar with a sheer shawl and a man in a yellow scarf with white kurta stand near. A shaven-headed monk in an orange-saffron robe with a white tilak stands behind them, and another shaven-headed man in white kurta stands further back. Other people in white move in the background, and a colourful painted banner with floral designs and a tall orange and red structure appear at the edges.

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