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Night outdoor ritual at a large open-air ceremony under white canopy and stage lights. Dense crowd of devotees, mostly men and women in white dhotis and white saris with gold borders, sit on the ground in rows. A bare-chested man in an orange cloth stands in the centre holding a leafy stalk aloft, and several people in saffron or orange and teal clothing move among the crowd. A woman in a teal and white sari kneels with hands together near a child in a white top and jeans. Behind them a decorated stage with red and white draping, a small kalasha, and a backdrop of lit panels. A figure seated at the far right in white is partly visible; no identity can be confirmed from appearance, so no a person candidate is asserted. Banners in blue and yellow frame the back of the grounds.

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