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Evening ritual on an open-sided pavilion with white pillars. Two devotees kneel and bow with foreheads to the ground before a low yellow-framed woven mat, while standing onlookers in white shirts and dhotis, a woman in a white blouse and patterned skirt, and a young man in a white shirt watch. A standing man holds a pink flower and a small bowl. Brass pots, a bell, a lamp and a pink flower garland sit on the floor, with a small fire pit burning in the foreground. Pink flowers lie near the pillars.

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