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Outdoor ritual at an ashram under a leafy tree: a person lies prostrate on a white and gold cloth in the foreground, surrounded by a seated crowd in white and orange clothing with hands folded in prayer. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands beside a copper vessel decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red flowers, and a tall brass lamp with an open flame burns on a white-covered table at right. A woman in an orange sari sits near the front, a young boy in white is among the crowd, and many people stand in the background under the tree. A copper or brass kalasha-style vessel and a patterned mat lie on the ground.

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