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Night outdoor ritual under large trees at Adi KAILASA, Bidadi, with a decorated deity murti framed by a gold arch, garlanded with white and red flowers and a green leaf garland, set on a yellow cloth. Shirtless priests in orange dhotis stand at left holding offering plates and a kalasha-like vessel. Devotees sit on the ground in orange, maroon, purple and white saris and robes, many with hands folded in namaskar, in front of a flat rock. At right a man in a brown robe with a shawl stands by a small table with a microphone and flowers, and a woman in white stands with palms joined. Hanging aerial roots and dense foliage frame the scene.

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