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A night-time outdoor ritual on a sandy open ground. A man in white holds a lit torch at the far left. Near the centre, a figure seated on an ornate golden throne with a halo-like back sits behind a red-draped table, with a small altar in front and a standing attendant in white beside it. Two tall umbrella-like canopies stand to the right. A long line of people in white dhotis and saffron and orange robes stands in rows on the right, several holding sticks or objects, with a few women in colourful saris. Bare trees and a building fill the dark background.

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