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Evening puja inside an orange-draped tent hung with white fluorescent lights and tall painted banners. A smiling man in an orange-and-saffron dhoti-style garment with a red and white flower garland and a gold necklace walks forward holding a lit aarti lamp with a flame. Behind him a crowd of devotees stands, several in white dhotis and orange shawls, and some with hands folded in namaste. At right, a seated figure in saffron robes with a turban, red and white flower garlands and gold armlets sits on a raised seat, hands in anjali. A cameraman with a video camera films from the left. In the foreground a brass puja tray holds marigolds and a small lit lamp, and a table covered with a yellow cloth holds red flowers and offerings.

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