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A photograph of an outdoor ritual beside a white minivan with its rear hatch open. A man in saffron-orange robes with a matching saffron head covering stands at left, holding a lit oil lamp toward a garlanded deity murti seated in the back of the vehicle. The murti wears a tall orange crown, a blue and magenta shawl, and a dense garland of pink and white flowers. Behind them a man in white clothing and two other people watch with hands folded in devotion, and a red vehicle is visible at the left edge. Oil lamp aarti being offered to the murti in the car.

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