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A crowded festival hall under a white tented ceiling hung with colourful tassels and small lamps. Several drummers in red shirts, yellow-trimmed garments and blue dhoti-style cloth play large drums on a red carpet, while a bare-chested man with an upraised arm and a beaded necklace dances at left. Surrounding devotees in white and saffron clothing raise hands and phones to film. Many people fill the space, with a gilded deity murti visible at the far right edge.

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