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Photograph of a night ritual beneath a large banyan tree at an outdoor temple site, with a black stone deity murti on the right draped in orange cloth, a garland of marigolds and multicoloured flowers, and a gold-trimmed face and arm. In front, a row of saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees, many with white forehead markings and rudraksha malas, press their palms together in namaskar. A central man in a saffron-and-white dhoti, wearing a red-orange head wrap, a long white flower garland and a patterned leopard-print cloth, looks up with hands folded. Behind him, women in saffron saris hold brass thalis and offering trays, a drummer plays a drum, and attendants stand near a trident and flag banners. Small flames of oil lamps glow at the lower right, and the scene is lit mainly by the lamps and dim light.

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