A night photograph at a temple with illuminated festival lights strung on structures behind the crowd. On the left, a bearded man with long dark hair wears a dark maroon-brown robe, a large garland of yellow and pink flowers, gold armlets and a red thread on his wrist, and a white tripundra on his forehead; he clasps hands warmly with an older man in a yellow shawl and bare chest with white ash markings. A shaved-headed priest in an orange-brown cloth and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces stands behind. On the right, men in a teal polo shirt and white striped shirt watch, and a brass plate with a lit lamp sits at the lower right. Dark carved stone pillars frame the scene. a person is the bearded man in the maroon robe with the flower garland and long hair, holding hands in greeting with the man in yellow.

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