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Outdoor evening ceremony on a green mat beside a river, with a steel truss bridge and a dark sky behind. A central seated figure in a red-orange cloth wrapped at the waist, with a rudraksha mala and a flower garland, sits on a low wooden stool with leopard-print cushion and gold legs, eyes lowered; the figure is shown bare-chested and bears distinctive ceremonial adornments, and appearance-based identification is uncertain. A tall trident-shaped staff wrapped in white and orange flowers stands beside him. A shaved-headed attendant in an orange cloth kneels at left before a yellow square base holding brass items and flower petals. At right a large white deity murti decorated with yellow flowers, gold ornaments and a red backdrop sits on an orange-draped platform. Around 40 seated devotees in white and orange robes and rudraksha malas fill the foreground, watching the rite.

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