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A night-time photograph of a ritual moment. On the left, a man with long dark swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti-style garment, a leopard-print shawl over the shoulders and a dark rudraksha mala around the neck; he holds a small object in his hand. In the centre, a man in a white kurta and white dhoti stands with his back to the camera, holding a silver-rimmed kalasha or pot and a drum-like instrument. A lamp or brass vessel is visible at right and a partly visible person stands at the far left edge. Setting appears to be an outdoor ritual area with greenery. The scene suggests a puja or pada-puja arrangement.

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