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A night-time outdoor fire ritual. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand around it with their hands pressed together in namaskar. The man in the foreground bends forward at the waist, hands folded, facing the fire. Behind them, a floral arrangement of yellow and white marigold-style garlands decorates a raised structure. One man in a checked shirt and green cap stands with palms joined, and a man in a white shirt with a saffron-coloured shawl stands by the flowers. Dark night background.

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