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Outdoor pavilion with a corrugated roof during a ritual gathering. Foreground: a large flower-covered tray or altar heaped with yellow and red marigolds and white blossoms, with small metal murtis on it, bananas, sugarcane, potted plants and incense sticks. Behind it, a central seated figure in a reddish-brown robe and a long rudraksha-style garland sits under a decorated canopy with red-and-white ceremonial umbrellas. Around them, many people in saffron-orange robes stand and move, some raising arms or holding objects, while women in teal, blue and pink saris stand to the right. Two people in orange kneel at the lower left near the altar. Crowd of roughly two dozen people visible. a person candidate appearance is uncertain given the distance and clothing.

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