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Night outdoor ritual on a grassy lawn lit by floodlights and strings of small lights on shrubs. Many devotees in white and cream clothes with red-orange shawls sit in rows and arcs facing a central seated figure. In the foreground, two monks in saffron-orange robes sit on the grass near a low red-draped altar with offerings and flower garlands. On the right, a figure in a saffron-orange robe stands near a raised ornate seat under a decorative umbrella, with a second seated figure in a dark robe. Marigolds and a metal kalasha-like vessel are visible near the altar. Smoke rises in the background above the buildings.

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