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Night-time outdoor ritual under a corrugated roof decorated with striped and tasselled hangings. On the right, a seated figure with long dark hair wears a red and maroon garment and a beaded necklace on a red and gold throne-like seat, with a bare-chested presence and adornments that are not clearly visible; the appearance is uncertain, so no identity is asserted. Before him a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl sits on a mat facing the altar. On the left, a large white ceremonial parasol and tall clay deity figures stand, including a yellow-skinned elephant-headed Ganesha and a figure with multiple arms in red and gold. Brass oil lamps, flower garlands, fruit, sweets and offering plates are arranged on red cloth. Another man in saffron robes sits on the far right, and a seated devotee in white is at the lower left. Several people are visible, roughly six to twenty.

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