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Outdoor ceremony on red-painted concrete steps. A bald priest in saffron-orange dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth leans forward to touch a framed portrait placed on layered cushions and a patterned throne. The portrait shows a figure in saffron robes and beaded mala seated before a tree. Around him, young men in orange robes play long brass horns (ratha-style trumpets) and drums, while others hold ornate orange-and-red pennant banners with a red-and-blue emblem. A small white ritual vessel and a potted plant sit on a pink cloth at the front. Visible people: about eight to ten.

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