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A photograph of a group of women seated on the ground in a ceremonial outdoor setting, with banana-leaf and palm-frond decorations behind them and a white wall with red brick pillars. In the foreground, several young women wear white garments with yellow and gold-bordered shawls and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, eyes lowered in devotion. A woman in the centre near a microphone holds a small handheld microphone and speaks or chants. On the right, an older woman with glasses wears a pink and white sari with a yellow shawl, seated beside a microphone stand and brass vessels. Behind them, a man in white clothing stands near a bamboo structure, and a man in a white garment with a long grey beard stands at the upper right. A blue pole and red flowers appear at the left edge.

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