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Outdoor ritual on a raised wooden platform under trees beside a large dark bronze deity murti with an elephant-like head and raised hands. Several men in saffron-orange dhotis and upper cloths stand on the platform; the central man wears a long white and red flower garland and holds a brass plate, while the man beside him holds a lit oil lamp aloft. Another man in white dhoti with gold border holds a shell-shaped vessel. Men in orange cloths with rudraksha malas stand below the platform with hands folded in prayer. The platform is draped with a blue and red cloth and a striped wrap. Trees and a red wall appear behind. Offerings of marigold garlands sit on the platform. The ritual appears to be an aarti or puja before the murti.

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