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Evening outdoor ritual at a pavilion with a canopy of colourful tassels and strings of coloured lights overhead. A man in an orange-brown robe with a flower garland sits on an ornate gold and red throne with hands pressed in anjali, a person candidate; his long hair and ornate gold-and-red throne setting are the cues, but the appearance is uncertain. Beside him stands a bare-chested priest with a red-brown shawl, rudraksha mala and tilaka, holding a lit flame, while a second bare-chested man in a white dhoti holds a microphone. A seated congregation of white-clad devotees, many with palms joined, fills the background. Striped mats cover the floor, and a pot and offering items sit in the foreground for a homa or puja.

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