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A night ritual scene at an open pavilion. A man in a saffron-orange robe and long rudraksha mala holds a lit oil lamp flame in one hand and a brass kalasha-style vessel in the other, walking forward. Behind him a seated, hands-folded audience in white and red clothing watches. A gilded shrine-like structure with a red canopy stands to the right, with white draped cloth hanging at the sides and small lamps glowing at the base.

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