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A photograph of a temple ritual outdoors under bright daylight. In the centre, a bare-chested man with closed eyes wears a black head covering crowned with pink flower petals, a long red and white flower garland draped over his shoulders, and gold armlets. Behind him stand devotees: a man in a red-orange cloth with a beaded necklace holding green leaves, a bearded man in a dark turban-like wrap, and a woman with a red-bordered cloth and forehead mark at left. A man at far left wears a white cloth with a gold-bordered shawl and a red thread. Devotional temple setting with a hanging bell at top.

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