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Night-time outdoor ritual beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A standing man in a dark red-maroon robe and rudraksha beads holds a small flame or lamp and a plate near a low stone platform, with smoke rising in the air. Several other robed figures in maroon and white stand nearby, one holding a tray. On the right, a golden deity murti or statue is dressed in maroon cloth and heavily decorated with multicolour garlands of marigold-style flowers. A seated figure in a maroon head wrap sits on a small golden platform in the foreground. Stone paving and a spotlight complete the scene.

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