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Night-time ceremony under a decorated tent hung with string lights and tassel decorations. In the right foreground a bare-chested figure with long matted dark hair, a crescent ornament on the hair, a full beard, a brown-orange shawl and a pink-and-white flower garland stands holding a long red-and-yellow ritual staff or wand. A devotee in a white blouse with a red-and-white garland bows forward to the left. Behind them, other people in white and saffron-orange clothing, including a man in an orange head wrap, stand among devotees in a crowded hall. Gold ornaments and bangles are visible. Gold-toned decorations and a shrine-like structure appear at the left background. a person with a long matted hairstyle, crescent ornament and saffron-brown shawl, receiving a devotee in a blessing gesture.

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