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A close photograph of a ritual lit with a flame. Hands in orange saffron robes and red-and-gold garments hold a lit wick or lamp over a metal plate heaped with rose petals and yellow marigold flowers, with a red cloth beneath. Orange cloth dominates the left side and a red garment with gold border the right. Offerings and a flame suggest an aarti or puja. No faces are visible; the figures are seen only from the hands down.

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