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Night ritual scene before a backdrop of painted deity murti in multiple shrines, with garlanded female figures in red, maroon, purple and green saris seated on a raised platform. A central priest in an orange-red turban and bare upper body, wearing an orange dhoti, stands facing them and gestures with a ceremonial lamp. Brass lamps and a kalasha-like vessel sit nearby, and a gold-trimmed throne with a tall brass lamp stand stands at the right. Male devotees, mostly bare-chested in white and cream dhotis, sit in the foreground facing the platform, with women and children seated beyond them. Strings of marigold garlands and bunting hang overhead. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible; the central figure is a priest in an orange turban and dhoti.

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