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Night ceremony outdoors under a canopy strung with green banana leaves, flower garlands and small coloured flags. A white-haired man in a white dhoti with gold border and a white cloth over his shoulder bends forward to offer a tray of fruit and flowers placed on a striped red-and-green cloth before an ornate gold-covered altar with carved panels and a brass lamp. Beside him a woman in rust-coloured sari with a shawl and rudraksha beads stands with palms pressed together. A bare-chested man in a white-and-gold dhoti and orange shawl holds a floral garland, and other devotees in orange and white clothes stand behind with hands folded. Ritual offering, devotion, puja setting with festival decorations.

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