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Evening photograph inside a temple hall with red walls and strings of coloured lights overhead. In the foreground a figure with long dreadlocked grey hair and an orange robe sits on a red cushion, seen from behind. Opposite, a man in a cream kurta with a red-and-white garland holds a bound paper document over a small round red table. Around them, a large crowd of women and girls in orange, red, pink and green saris sits on the floor, many wearing gold necklaces and bangles. Ornate silver umbrella-like canopies and brass lamps stand nearby, and a deity murti is visible at upper left. A camera operator is also visible at top left.

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