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Outdoor ritual at an open-sided pavilion with a red-painted frame and corrugated roof. A seated figure on a gold-and-red throne, draped in garlands of yellow and white flowers, presses palms together in prayer and wears a white-and-gold headdress. Beside him a standing man in orange robes with folded hands faces the fire. In the foreground a homa fire burns in a yellow-brick fire pit with flames rising. Right side: saffron-robed sannyasis, one with an orange turban, stand in a line. A cameraman in white dhoti and shawl films the scene. Colourful striped canopy at upper left. a person seated on the throne with garlands, identified by a throne and garland cues but without distinctive hair, crown or saffron-ornate presentation, so unsure.

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