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Night ritual in an open courtyard with participants seated on colourful striped mats. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shawl with orange-and-white border bends forward, offering a steel plate of red and yellow flower petals to a seated woman in white clothes and a rust-coloured shawl. Others in white and rust-red shawls sit in rows behind, some wearing rudraksha malas. Standing figures in white are visible at the back, and red chairs line the left side. The scene suggests a group puja or devotional sitting, with flowers as the offering. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.

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