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A indoor ritual gathering of many young and adult devotees seated on the floor in orange and saffron robes, many with white tilak and forehead bands and rudraksha malas around their necks. Several hold small brass lamps, bells or cups and perform puja, with brass oil lamps and offering plates set on a low table in front. Behind them, a few men in white shirts sit watching, and a red curtain hangs by a window on the back wall. Some tall adult devotees wear gold chains and brown and orange shawls. The mood is focused and devotional. The a person identity cannot be established from appearance here, so the figures are described by role only.

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