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A photograph of a hall with a striped woven mat floor, where many devotees sit in rows facing a central altar with a fire pit burning in front of it. A figure in orange robes stands at the altar near the flames, with a few white-clad attendants nearby. Devotees in white and in coloured saris, some with long braids, sit cross-legged and kneel. The walls are decorated with strings of small lights, bunting and tall pillars with blue and red patterned panels, and shelves display small clay pots and figurines along the sides. Ornate orange and red fabric hangs above the altar. A flat-screen monitor sits on a stand near the fire. The scene appears to be a fire ritual in an ashram hall.