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Night ritual on a tiered red-stone stepped amphitheatre filled with hundreds of seated participants. Many wear white dhotis and shawls, some bare-chested men with bare upper bodies, and women in white and coloured saris. Rows of brass oil lamps (deepas) with flickering flames sit on every step in front of the worshippers, glowing against the dusk. A large screen is visible at the top and a camera on a tripod stands at the lower right. Participants appear to be seated in a collective puja or satsang. No single figure can be identified as a person from this distance.

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