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A sunlit dirt courtyard between rows of red-brick ashram buildings, with a tree at left. A group of devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas or sarees gathers around a small decorated palanquin or ratha with a red and gold canopy and a golden kalasha finial on top. Children in white and a boy in red kurta and dhoti stand nearby, some carrying trays. A man in white shirt and dhoti and a man in dark trousers and white shirt stand at the centre, while a woman in a blue and yellow sari leans toward the palanquin. The scene suggests a procession or puja at the ashram.

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