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Five shaved-headed men in saffron-orange dhotis with yellow borders and bare upper bodies, wearing white-and-gold garlands and white marks on their arms and foreheads, stand in a row performing aarti with lit oil lamps and brass lamp stands at a fire-free outdoor ritual platform under a pink-and-white tent. The foreground priest holds a lamp in his right hand and a bell or small vessel in his left. Long white-clothed tables with brass plates and rows of oil lamps line the right side. A crowd of devotees sits on the red-carpeted floor behind a railing, and a small bouquet of flowers stands on a table.

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