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Night photograph of a temple-yard ritual under dark foliage and a dim red-brick wall. A bare-chested priest with a shaved head, white and yellow sandalwood markings, a rudraksha mala and a gold-trimmed brown-and-saffron dhoti stands at the centre, holding a ritual vessel while a devotee in a white dhoti offers it. Beside him a second priest wears a white turban, gold hoop earrings, bead necklaces and a gold-bordered rust cloth; a woman in a red blouse watches, and a woman in an orange shawl with a white forehead mark stands at right. A man in a white shirt and spectacles and a figure in a red top with folded hands stand to the left, with a blurred foreground figure. Several people are visible, the focus is on the central priest and offering, and the scene suggests a puja or aarti. A swami-like presence is possible but not clearly established.

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