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Night outdoor ceremony under a tin roof strung with green leaf garlands and red and orange cloth banners. Two men stand with hands joined in anjali at the front. The left man has an ascetic appearance with long white beard, white painted markings on his arms and face, and a rust-orange cloth wrap. The right man wears a cream-coloured turban, a white draped garment leaving the back bare, and a long dark ponytail; he smiles with palms pressed together. A wooden peetha or plank and a brass lamp sit in the foreground, with a seated audience of many people behind them in the dim hall.

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