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Night photograph of a large crowd of devotees gathered under a open-sided tent with pink and white fabric draped above and strings of coloured lights along the back. Most people wear white or cream ritual clothing: women in white saris with gold borders, boys and men bare-chested in white dhotis, and many with white shawls and sacred threads. A boy in the centre holds a small card or book, and an adult man in the foreground sits bare-chested with a white cord and a red tilak. A clustered crowd sits on mats and a red floor covering, with a light stand and a white draped backdrop at left. No clearly identifiable a person is visible.

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