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A crowded indoor room decorated with colourful paper garlands and hanging lanterns under a white metal roof. In the foreground a shaven-headed young man in saffron-orange robes and an orange shawl stands at left, holding a camera, while a camera operator in orange also appears at the edge. Many people in white dhotis and sarees, some with orange scarves and ornaments, gather around a kneeling group where an orange ball and lemons are being offered, with a tray of fruit and flowers on the floor. Roughly twenty to thirty people are visible, and the scene looks like a ritual or house-visit ceremony with lemon offerings and marigold-decorated trays.

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