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Night-time outdoor ritual at a covered open-air venue with string lights and a banner above. On a long raised platform draped with striped multicoloured cloth, several men sit cross-legged behind brass vessels, kalashas and bowls heaped with marigold and mixed flower garlands. A man in white dhoti and shawl sits at the centre of the platform, while a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth stands at the right edge facing the platform. Behind them, more men in white sit on a brick-and-white tiered seating area. Brass lamps stand on the platform. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam, though the precise rite is not clear. No one on the platform is clearly identifiable as a person.

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