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Night ritual at a stepped outdoor amphitheatre with many seated devotees holding small oil lamps and candles. Rows of dark stone shivalingas stand on the steps in the foreground. In the lower right, a figure with a turban-like head wrap, bare shoulders, gold necklace and leopard-print wrap faces the crowd with an arm extended. Lower left, a woman in white clothing sits with palms joined in namaste. Blue stage lights and tree foliage frame the background.

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