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Night photograph of a temple-courtyard ritual with a group of young male devotees in saffron-orange dhotis and orange head cloths, many bare-chested and wearing rudraksha malas. Several play large drums with sticks, and one at right blows a long curved brass horn. In the centre, a younger boy in an orange shawl plays a wind instrument. Behind them stand tall lit candles or lamps with flower garlands, and at right a large metal vessel holds burning logs and wood. Metal chain barriers and a dark building frame the scene. The visible people are priestly attendants and musicians, with no clearly identifiable a person figure.

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