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Night outdoor ceremony on red-painted temple steps lit by bright floodlights, with strings of coloured bunting and flags above. An elderly man in a saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark steps down slowly, supported by a younger man in a saffron dhoti and orange shawl wearing a rudraksha mala. Behind them a man in white dhoti stands, and two young attendants in orange dhotis, one with hands joined in namaskar and tilak on the forehead, the other holding a brass tray of flowers and greenery on a purple cloth. Shivalinga-like stone structures and brass vessels line the steps. Two men in plain clothes stand at the left edge. Light haze of incense is visible at the bottom.

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