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Night-time outdoor ritual at a stone-walled open pavilion. Four men in saffron and maroon sadhu cloths stand around a silver-rimmed altar with a large flower-decorated offering, heaped yellow sweets, bananas, fruit and brass vessels. The man at right, bare-chested with rudraksha and white-beaded malas and a maroon head cloth, pours or tends a fire. Another in orange holds a silver bowl and spoon. Two figures with white body markings and sacred ash stand with backs partly turned. Patterned mats and a carved wooden screen are in the background, with a lit area beyond.

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