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Night photograph of a festival scene beside a large blue-skinned goddess murti with white and yellow marigold garlands, a raised arm holding a sword, and a white crown. A long-haired bearded man in saffron-orange robes sits smiling, wearing a white jasmine garland with red roses, and adjusts it with his hand. A shirtless young man with a white forehead mark and beaded necklace stands behind him holding a ritual object. In the foreground a person with a grey-blue smeared head bows with folded hands. Wooden railings and a dark night sky form the background. a person: the seated man has long swept-back hair, a saffron robe and a rudraksha-style mala, consistent with the page's identification, but the appearance cues are not distinctive enough to confirm.

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