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Night outdoor shrine scene during a Shivaratri-titled event. A seated figure in orange-saffron robes with long dark hair sits with palms pressed together in namaste before a shrine of a deity murti in a stone pavilion with red velvet drapes. The murti is garlanded with red and yellow flower garlands and wears a crown and ornaments. Brass oil lamps stand on the stone platform, and small offering bowls and flowers are arranged on the blue-covered floor. Other devotees in orange, and a man in white near a kalasha-like vessel, are seated or standing around the ceremony, with heads of onlookers in the foreground. The scene appears to be a puja or aarti. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), seated in saffron robes with long dark hair, praying before the murti.

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