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Outdoor evening ritual at a temple-like setting with palm trees and a tall brass lamp stand. A priest in a white dhoti and bare chest, wearing a rudraksha mala and a red-and-pink turban, raises a lit flame on a lamp in his right hand while holding a small bell or vessel in his left. Four shaved-headed boys sit cross-legged on a raised platform with their backs to the camera, wearing red, blue, purple and green silk garments with gold borders. A seated man in an orange robe with a white flower garland and a red-and-orange shawl sits on an orange cushioned seat behind the platform. To the right, a standing man in orange-red robes with gold trim presses his palms together in greeting. Brass vessels and a small deity murti set are arranged on a low table, with incense sticks nearby. Onlookers in orange and white clothing sit in the background. This appears to be aarti performed during a ritual.

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