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Night outdoor ritual with several young women in traditional silk saris and jasmine garlands, with sandalwood-paste tilaks on their foreheads. Several young women carry leaf-wrapped offerings on folded green leaves and yellow cloth. A large fire blazes at right beside a green-tiled platform, and oil lamps glow in the background under a leafy garland strung overhead. Gold jewellery and red flower accents adorn their outfits, in blue, purple, maroon and orange. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this scene.

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