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A ritual ceremony inside a hall with a bright tiled interior and hanging marigold garlands. Men in saffron-orange dhotis, some bare-chested with sacred threads, perform a puja around a red-and-white striped cloth covered with brick-like blocks decorated with flowers, a fire pit sending up smoke, brass oil lamps and metal pots. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and gold-yellow shawl with a white floral garland holds his hands near the fire, while a man in a dark turban and rudraksha-style beads stands beside him. Plates of flowers, herbs and offerings are laid on the floor in front, and a few women in white saris stand at the right edge with hands folded. Several men in orange and white attire stand around the altar playing ritual instruments.

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