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Outdoor evening gathering on tiered red steps lined with many lit oil lamps. In the foreground a young man with long, loose hair and a bare chest, wearing an orange dhoti with a gold-edged border, carries a tall brass multi-tiered aarti lamp stand toward the seated crowd. Many people in white clothes sit on the steps, and red flags stand along metal railings on the right. Brass lamps are also placed on the lower steps. Some people wear white, others orange. The scene suggests an aarti ceremony, but no a person candidate is clearly visible.

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