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Outdoor temple courtyard scene with devotees in orange saffron robes. On the far left, a man with long dark hair and an orange turban stands with palms joined in namaste, smiling. Beside him, an orange-robed figure with a lighter orange turban holds a long wooden staff and a bunch of white flowers. A bald man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala holds flowers and stands near a second orange-robed man, while a man in a dark maroon-bordered orange cloth holds a brass lamp and performs aarti at a green bamboo post with a flame. Colourful striped umbrellas with tassels and a hanging green garland decorate the background, and a cameraman films the ritual. Several people are visible in the scene, with some partially cut off at the edges. Terracotta pots sit on the right beside a stone ledge.

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