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Night-time outdoor ritual at Adi Kailasa, Bengaluru. A seated woman in an orange sari with a dark dotted pattern sits on a red quilted cushion over a mat, head bowed with hands together. A man in orange robes stands behind her holding a white cord that loops over her shoulders, while a small brass vessel and a potted plant rest on a low wooden table to the left. Around them, a line of men in white dhotis and orange shawls, some with yellow scarves, stand attentively. Two large ornate tasselled umbrellas in red, yellow and green shade the scene, and a few men hold ceremonial items near the umbrellas.

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