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Night outdoor gathering of devotees with palms pressed together in namaskar. Many women wear orange and maroon saris with gold borders, rudraksha malas and forehead tilak; a woman in a white sari with red border stands centre. Children in orange and maroon robes with white forehead marks stand among them. In the upper right, two men in white clothes and a white-haired older man with folded hands face the same direction. A large orange cushioned seat in the foreground holds a water bottle. A dark roadside setting with headlights and parked cars. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues alone.

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