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A crowded evening gathering in an open-sided pavilion with a terracotta-tiled roof, hanging straw festoons and strings of fairy lights. Dozens of seated attendees fill blue cushioned benches and mats, many clapping. In the foreground a woman in a dark patterned sari sits near small floral offerings and a brass oil lamp on a stone pedestal. Among the audience are a man in an orange turban, a woman in a saffron sari, women in white and orange, and men in white kurtas with rudraksha malas. A standing fan and a stone pillar frame the scene. No person in the image is clearly identifiable as a person.

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