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A large outdoor crowd gathers before a stage at an Atirudra Mahayaga ritual. A banner behind reads Atirudra Mahayaga with dates 11, 12 and 13 in Kannada script above. Priests in yellow and orange dhotis and shawls perform rituals, and a bare-chested priest stands near the center. A man in an orange robe with a garland and a man in a green garment raise arms and hold flower garlands. A photographer in white clothes on the right photographs the scene with a large camera. Many devotees in the foreground face the stage.