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Outdoor ritual scene in a pavilion with grey pillars and marigold garlands. Two large painted deity statues stand at the back, one holding a lotus-like object and wearing a crown and garland. Before them, a man in a yellow dhoti and bare chest holds a red microphone and speaks, while a priest in a yellow dhoti and white shawl with tilak stands beside a brass kalasha and offering plates on a covered table. Other men in white dhotis, bare-chested, sit or stand around the ropes. A woman in an orange saree sits on the green floor with hands folded in namaskar. Orange and yellow flower garlands decorate the setting, with a marigold strand overhead.

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