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Night-time ritual at a temple-style pavilion with a smoky, incense-filled atmosphere and strings of coloured lights overhead. In the foreground a bearded man with orange-painted forearms and a saffron shawl holds a ritual object toward a small fire pit, with an oil lamp burning at left. Behind him a clean-shaven, grey-haired man in white dhoti and shawl stands with hands folded. A drummer in the left background plays a drum. A photographer stands near the centre. On the right, a pink-based pedestal supports a deity murti of a serpent-hooded form, surrounded by yellow and white flower garlands, with brass lamps and kalasha vessels nearby. Flower garlands and fruit are arranged on tiered wooden platforms in front.

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