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Outdoor temple-style ritual at dusk under a corrugated roof. A priest in orange-red cloth with a red turban sits cross-legged reading from an open book beside a fire pit lined with stacked firewood. Two young shaven-headed boys with white body markings sit nearby in white dhotis. On the right, a deity murti of Ganesha with an orange cloth and a white-clad goddess figure stand in a decorated shrine framed with marigold garlands. On the left, a standing golden deity figure in a red skirt is garlanded, and robed attendants in orange and red cloth stand behind, one holding a flaming lamp and another a long ceremonial pole. A banner with a world map hangs above. Mango leaf festoons and flower garlands decorate the space.

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