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Night outdoor ritual at an ashram pavilion with a large decorated deity murti and clay figures on the left, including a red-clad goddess with a garland. A priest in white dhoti and shawl, bare-chested, holds a lit flame aloft toward the altar while a woman in a dark red and brown sari sits at the foreground offering table. Brass lamps, fruits, plates of offerings and a ceremonial throne with red cushion are arranged on an orange-draped platform. Hanging colourful pennants and string lights decorate the canopy, and a seated crowd of devotees watches from the right. A throne-like seat is visible but no clear appearance-based candidate is identifiable, so a person is unsure.

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