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Evening outdoor ritual photo: a large brass aarti tray with a bright flame, two small clay or brass bowls of red and yellow liquid, and scattered flower petals and garlands. A man in a white shirt leans in from the right to tend the flame. In the centre, a man wearing a marigold garland over a saffron-red garment holds the tray while people in white and orange-red clothes crowd around. Behind them is a red wall, a hill, and a flagpole. The crowd is dense, with more than twenty people visible, many with white and red tilaks on their foreheads.

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