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Outdoor ritual on wide grey stone steps. A bare-chested young man in rust-red dhoti and red headcloth stands on the lower step holding a brass plate of burning camphor or offerings aloft in both hands, flames rising. Behind him, rows of devotees in saffron-orange robes and orange headwraps sit on the steps; one at left presses palms together in anjali, and several hold long staffs or drums. Two women in orange saris sit in the foreground at right, one in a green-and-red sari beside her. A tripod-mounted camera appears at top. The scene suggests an aarti on temple steps.

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