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Outdoor temple ritual on a stone-paved courtyard. Four men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha-style gold and bead necklaces sit cross-legged with palms pressed together in prayer. Two seated devotees in saffron and gold-bordered cloth are at left and centre-left, one with long dark hair and one shaved-headed; a third, shaved-headed, sits at right with hands near a brass plate. A standing figure in orange cloth stands behind them. Before them lies an orange cloth with a silver plate of flowers, sweets and offerings, along with brass pots and vessels. Behind is a crowd in white clothes, a thatched shelter and a cameraman filming, with a stone temple structure at right.

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