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Outdoor ritual at a festival ground under a bright sky, with palm trees and tall lighting poles behind. In the centre, a grey-haired man in a white shirt with a vibhuti line on his forehead holds his hands over a brass plate while a shaven-headed priest in a white dhoti and orange-saffron shawl with rudraksha malas seated beside him pours or offers from a bowl of dark material. A younger man in a checked shirt sits at the left, and a young woman in a pink salwar kameez with gold necklace and kumkum on her forehead stands at the right. Behind them a brass deity murti sits on a pink cloth draped with a garland, with brass oil lamps and a kalasha-style vessel nearby, and a banner hangs in the background. The priest is not clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no identity is asserted.

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