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Night photograph of an evening aarti at an outdoor temple setting with blurred colourful string lights in the background. Three men stand in a row. The man on the left in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a long brass torch with a flaming wick. The central man, shown in profile, wears a white dhoti and white shawl over one shoulder, with rudraksha malas around his neck and a saffron-yellow sash, and holds a brass fire torch with a cloth-wrapped handle. The man on the right in a white shirt, wearing rudraksha malas, holds a small brass vessel.

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