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Night-time outdoor ceremony on a raised stage draped with colourful patterned textiles. A seated figure in an orange-red saffron robe, wearing a red-and-gold turban, a long garland of white flowers with red blooms and a rudraksha mala, sits on a striped cushion and touches a tray of offerings, including coconut halves, bananas, lemons and white flowers. Behind him is an ornate decorated backdrop with red and yellow garlands framing deity murti with gold crowns and jewelled necklaces. Nearby, a shaved-headed devotee in saffron clothes with a rudraksha mala stands in the foreground, and a man in a saffron robe holds a large trident. A cameraperson in the bottom left films the scene.

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