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Night-time outdoor ceremony under strings of coloured lights. A bearded man in a maroon-brown robe, with a long flower garland of red, white and yellow blooms and a rudraksha mala, stands barefoot with palms pressed together in namaskar and head bowed. Several young boys in saffron-orange dhotis with gold borders stand around him; one holds a silver trident and another holds a brass kalasha with green leaves. Yellow and purple decorated parasols are held over the group, and women in white and red saris and white-clad attendees watch in the background. Petals lie on the ground.