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Outdoor ritual gathering on stone steps beside red and orange pennant flags and a copper-topped pillar. A bearded man in a rust-orange robe stands at centre with palms pressed together in namaste, and a woman in a peach-pink sari stands behind him. Seated devotees fill the foreground and steps; a bare-chested man in front sits with hands folded, and women in saris and white clothes hold prayer postures. Some devotees hold small brass vessels and cloth bundles. Speakers and equipment sit along the platform, with a green-tinged tree behind.

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