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Outdoor event on a stage draped with a white and red skirted cloth edged with white flower garlands. A man in a white shirt and khaki trousers crouches at the front, lighting or tending a lit oil lamp on a tall brass stand wrapped in orange and yellow marigold garlands. Around him a row of men in saffron and orange robes stand closely, several wearing rudraksha malas and orange shawls, with one in a dark maroon robe and orange shawl at centre. Others in white kurtas and dark trousers stand at the right edge. Several hands reach toward the lamp. The people are visible from the waist up or partially cropped.

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