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Outdoor evening ritual on grass at night, lit by a bright floodlight. In the foreground, a bare-backed priest in saffron-orange robes with a gold border and an orange turban sits before a fire pit, holding a ladle or stick over flames, with a silver bowl and a tray of round sweets or offerings beside him. Behind the fire, a figure in orange robes, a gold necklace and an orange headpiece sits on a gilded throne under a tall golden canopy with fringed tassels; a long staff rests beside him. To the right, seated devotees on the grass, some in white and some in colourful saris, watch the ritual. A cameraman in white stands at a tripod near the throne. Brass vessels, a silver tray and lamps sit on a low table in the lower right.

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