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Outdoor evening ritual at a tall copper ritual pillar wrapped in dried palm fronds and decorated with green leaves, marigolds and white flower garlands. A bearded man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe and a multi-coloured marigold garland with a rudraksha mala, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward a small brass deity murti inside the decorated pillar and a small bell in the other hand. Beside him, a devotee with hands folded in anjali wears an orange cloth and tilak marks. Palm trees and a grey sky are behind them, and a few other people stand at the lower edge. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, saffron robe, rudraksha mala and ceremonial garland.

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