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A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a draped orange shawl and a gold bead necklace performs a ritual with a silver lamp holding a lit flame and a silver handbell, in an outdoor setting. Marigolds and yellow flowers line a dark stone platform in front of him. A microphone stand is visible at left, and a man in a yellow and white garment sits in the background near a white building with a red-framed door. The man has a white forehead marking with a red dot and wears glasses. Identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so this is a priest performing a lamp offering.

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