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Night outdoor ritual at an ashram-style venue strung with colourful fairy lights. A bearded man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a long white and pink flower garland, a gold chest pendant and rudraksha beads, stands centrally beneath an ornate umbrella-canopy on a gold pole. Two attendants stand beside him: one bare-chested with a saffron cloth and a gold necklace, another in a white dhoti holding a small ritual item. To the right a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with white markings on his body faces a camera operator. A woman in a maroon sari holds a silver tray. Beside them a large gold-foil tree and hanging banners with floral and bird motifs frame the scene. In the foreground a dense crowd of worshippers, many with yellow-orange markings on their foreheads and eyes, sits or stands in white and light clothing. A dark-clothed foreign woman stands at the left edge.

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