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Night-time temple ritual under a tented roof. A bearded man in an orange dhoti and a red rudraksha mala holds up a lit flame in a brass vessel before a golden arched shrine holding a deity murti draped in red cloth and garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. Beside him, a second person with long hair, flower garlands and a dark clothed upper body sits with palms pressed together in namaskar on a golden throne-like seat under a red, blue and yellow canopy embroidered with Dhyana Peetha. A brass oil lamp stands at left. Strings of flowers hang from the roof.

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