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A night-time fire ritual in a hall with concrete block walls. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand around open fire pits with bright flames and glowing embers on the ground, one holding a long pole or stick. Behind them a crowd of devotees stands watching, including people in white and a few in orange or maroon robes. A man in white with a blue-banded waistcloth bends toward the fire, and a man in a red-and-white checked cloth stands at right. Smoke rises from the left edge. No clearly identifiable figure is shown in ornate saffron attire or other distinctive presentation, so no a person candidate is established.

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