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Night photo of an outdoor ritual at an orange-washed wall beside a grey stone carved murti shrine. A man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl with a gold-bordered edge and beaded garland holds a lit oil lamp and a brass bell in front of the shrine, with red and white tilak on his forehead. Beside him a man with colourful powder smeared on his face and clothes presses his palms together, and two more men stand behind. A woman in a white top and yellow trousers stands in the middle, and a man in a white shirt with powder-stained jeans films the ritual with a video camera. Flower petals lie on the ground and a photographer's hand appears at right.

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