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A wide photograph of a large outdoor pandal with a red canopy during an event with a dense crowd of hundreds of people in orange and white clothing seated on red mats. In the foreground, a bald man in white ritual clothes with rudraksha mala and a tilak on his forehead sits beside a younger man in a white kurta with a tilak, both holding golden plates of flowers and offerings. A young boy in a green polo shirt and a woman in a patterned top sit with them. Drummers in orange robes play drums at left, and a central stage holds a white-draped podium with a cameraman and video equipment. Two screens display event footage. Red banners and decorative hangings frame the scene.