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Outdoor evening ritual at night, lit by blue light. A man with long tied-up hair and a beard, wearing an orange-yellow dhoti, a pink-and-white striped shawl over his bare upper body and a garland of red and yellow flowers around his neck, stands at right holding a large copper-red kalasha on a silver plate, appearing to offer it. Behind a red-draped altar stand three deity murtis decorated with red and white flower garlands, flanked by two tall silver lamps. A fire burns in a fire pit in the foreground with metal vessels and offerings around it, indicating a homa. Several seated devotees are seen from behind in the lower foreground. a person cues are the long swept-back hair, the orange clothing and the ceremonial garland, but the face is partly obscured, so identity is uncertain.

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