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Night-time outdoor ritual on a red woven rug in front of a stone pillar. A seated figure on an ornate gold-and-crimson throne, with long dreadlocked hair, a saffron-orange robe, rudraksha malas and a gold necklace, has a flower-tipped wooden staff across his lap and an orange-marked forehead. a person (dreadlocks, saffron robe, rudraksha malas, gold necklace) seated on the throne, applying a mark to the forehead of a kneeling devotee. The kneeling devotee wears a bare upper body with white sacred ash marks, a white dhoti with a gold border, and beaded malas, with hands joined in namaste. Behind them, several people in white and orange attire stand near a brass-and-purple decorated vessel, with camera operators visible in the background.

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