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A night-time outdoor ritual photograph at a temple-style open pavilion. On a raised orange platform in the centre, a figure in orange robes with a white flower garland sits facing the assembly, while two attendants in orange stand beside him. Behind them a row of people in white dhotis and shawls stand with palms pressed together in anjali. In the foreground, a large seated assembly of devotees in orange and red robes, many women with hair in buns and white flower garlands, face the platform. A brass lamp and an offering tray sit at the platform's base. At upper right a large deity murti with a flower-decorated face and garland is shown, and a fan and striped cloth appear nearby. a person candidate is a seated figure in orange on the central platform, identity uncertain from appearance.

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