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Night ritual at an open-air ashram pavilion with a fire pit at lower left and a small brass bowl of offerings on a white cloth in front. Two seated men face each other: a younger man in a white dhoti and shawl with a gold necklace and cream head cloth sits on an ornate red-and-gold throne, while an older bearded man in an orange-brown robe with white markings on his forehead and arms sits on a cream chair with hands folded in greeting. Behind them stand an attendant in white and a bare-chested man with a turban. Painted pillars decorated with floral motifs and green leaf garlands frame the scene. Seated women in red and maroon saris and a microphone are at right, and a tiled poster board is visible at upper right. Smoke drifts through the lit space.

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