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Indoor hall with a large crowd seated on mats and cushions, many in white and cream clothing and some in saffron or orange. In the foreground, several young boys and youths with bare upper bodies wear orange lower garments and stand around a blue padded mat, watching a figure being lifted or hoisted overhead by a long wooden pole. The figure wears a saffron cloth. Ceiling fans and fluorescent lights hang above; framed devotional pictures line the walls, and a golden murti stands at the right side. Colourful striped cloth covers the floor near the seated devotees.

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