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A crowd of devotees gathered outdoors in bright daylight, many with eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali. In the centre, a woman in a maroon top with a red bindi and a red beaded necklace stands with hands folded in prayer. Behind her, a woman in glasses and a woman with a vibhuti mark on her forehead look on. At right, a colourful embroidered canopy with gold finials, red, green and yellow panels and a white bird emblem rises above the crowd, beside dark metal poles and ropes. Several foreground faces are blurred by focus and proximity.

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