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A night-time outdoor puja at a shrine. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a white-and-orange floral garland and rudraksha beads stands at the centre, holding a lit flame toward a dark stone deity murti dressed in a blue and gold garment and crown. A small white and orange seated figure sits on a red-and-white striped plinth in front. A row of people in white dhotis and white shirts stand with palms pressed together, and one man in orange and another in orange robes stand nearby, with a red-and-green fringed umbrella overhead. Colourful rangoli patterns decorate the wet stone floor. Swamiji (probable): the central saffron-robed man wears a garland, rudraksha beads and long swept-back hair, consistent with the page's identification of the event.

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