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Outdoor ritual at an open-air pavilion with palm trees and a red throne-like chair at left. A shaved-headed priest stands centre-right in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a long rudraksha mala, a lapel microphone, and a gold bracelet, raising a brass lamp of flame in one hand and holding a bell in the other. Behind him rows of devotees in red and orange sarees and white dhotis stand with palms joined, several holding framed portraits of a woman garlanded with white flowers, and a red-and-gold ceremonial flag hangs at left. This appears to be an aarti during a puja.

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