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Night ceremony at an open-air temple pavilion. A smiling man in a beige turban and a loose white draped garment with silver-edged border, wearing a long rudraksha-style mala and a red tilak, raises one arm and scatters flower petals into the air. Behind him stands a red and gold throne-like chair. Two men in orange saffron robes stand at right, one holding a silver tray of flowers. An older bearded man with white tilak and beads stands at far right. In the foreground, a seated man in white with a rudraksha mala tends a white stepped altar covered in yellow and orange flower petals, with a brass kalasha, conch shell and brass oil lamps lit beside it. Scattered marigold and white flowers hang from the pavilion roof.

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