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A photograph of children pulling a small wooden ratha (chariot) across a grassy yard in front of large granite boulders and trees. The chariot has a tiered red and gold canopy with a golden finial, red garlands and yellow fringe, and wooden wheels. Several boys in white dhoti and shirts, and in casual shorts and t-shirts, hold ropes attached to the chariot, while girls in salwar kameez and a woman in a teal kurta with a shawl watch nearby. A young boy in a white dhoti and red-and-white sacred thread stands at right holding a tray of offerings. The setting is a rural ashram-style grounds with a flagpole and a faint circular logo at top left.

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