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Outdoor ritual photograph at an ashram-style compound under a canopy strung with orange triangular pennants and palm trees. A priest in orange robes and a rudraksha-style bead necklace holds up a lit flame, with a bright fire burning above a bronze bell-shaped lamp. Beside him, a devotee in an orange dhoti holds a folded-hand gesture near a silver car. On the right stands a gilded vahana-style mount with a golden bird figure and a red-and-gold draped canopy decorated with white and orange flower garlands, set on an orange cloth. Other white-robed and orange-robed attendants stand nearby, and a man at left holds a ceremonial staff. Rows of dark stone statues line the background. Overall this is an aarti or procession-preparation scene with a palanquin-like ratha.

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