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Outdoor puja gathering under a green shade net in a dusty courtyard. Dozens of seated participants sit on black mats and white cloths, many men in white dhoti and shawls and others in saffron-orange robes. In the foreground, two men in white dhoti sit on a mat with others. Standing figures in orange robes attend near a whitewashed building with a tiled roof, while a person in white stands beside a tripod-mounted camera. Brass lamps and ritual items are visible at the edge. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so the role is given as devotee and priest.

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