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A dimly lit indoor hall during an evening Brahmotsav celebration shows a line of devotees in white traditional clothing moving across a concrete floor marked with yellow lines. Several men wear white dhotis and white shirts, some with white headbands, while women wear white saris with coloured borders and one woman wears a green sari. A man in the foreground left has an orange shawl draped over his shoulders and an orange cloth around his waist. Behind them, decorative striped pillars with tassels line the hall, and a man in a tan shirt stands at the right. Some devotees appear to be dancing or swaying.

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