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Night ritual on an open platform under a blue corrugated-metal canopy with white-and-blue striped posts. A man in white robes with a white turban, a long rudraksha mala and a gold-yellow shawl holds up a multi-tiered lit aarti lamp with flames. Around him, devotees in orange and saffron robes stand; one holds a brass bell and another a small brass deity murti on a pedestal. A young woman in a pink knit cap and pink top stands at the right, and a person in orange holds a large ornate umbrella with orange and multicoloured fringe. Brass trident-like implements and a brass pot lie on the platform. A woman in a light cap stands behind.

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