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Night outdoor ritual photograph. A standing priest in saffron-orange dhoti and a rust-orange turban, with white markings on his arms and chest and a white-beaded mala, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward a fire pit with burning wood and offerings of fruit and flowers on a striped mat. Seated on a white-and-red throne, a man in orange-red robes and a gold necklace presses his palms together in namaskar. Behind them stand several people in white and orange clothing, a standing fan, and a stone wall. Watermarked archive photo.

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