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Outdoor photo at a Dasara celebration with a red sandstone wall behind a crowd of devotees, many with faces and clothes smeared in pink, green and yellow colour powder. In the centre, a smiling man with shoulder-length dark hair wears an orange saffron shawl over a bare upper body and a long garland of golden beads, holding a handbell in his right hand. Beside him a man in white ritual dress and pink-stained shirt holds a small brass lamp with a flame and a dish of offerings, while a man in white kurta and a standing devotee press their palms together in anjali. Behind them, women in pastel saris and yellow shawls and onlookers stand on steps, one holding a camera on a stand. Appearance suggests a person (orange shawl, long hair, golden bead garland) performing aarti with a handbell and lamp, though the identity is uncertain.

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