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Night outdoor ritual photograph. In the foreground a bare-backed priest in an orange dhoti with a green-striped border kneels before a large fire pit, flames and smoke rising toward the right. Behind the fire, a seated person in orange-red robes with a red-and-gold shawl and a red-and-white flower garland sits upon an ornate gold throne with carved backrest, a red-and-white cushion and scattered yellow and orange flower petals on the ground. A second robed figure in orange with a rudraksha mala stands beside the throne with hands folded. A multicoloured canopy with tassels shades the throne, and a gold-draped altar with fruit and a kalasha-like vessel stands at left. Two or three other people are partly visible in the background.

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