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Night-time outdoor gathering under a palm-frond and banana-stem canopy strung with green fairy lights and white and pink flower garlands. Crowded men and some women stand close together. In the centre a shaved-headed young man wears an orange-saffron robe with a rudraksha mala, and beside him a bare-chested man with a shaved head wears an orange-red cloth draped over his shoulder with a marigold garland. Many onlookers wear white shirts, checked shirts and glasses. A woman in an orange sari stands at the right edge.

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