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A photograph of a ritual setting in a simple open hall with concrete block walls and a thatched roof. In the foreground a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange saffron dhoti-style wrap and a rudraksha mala, crouches low and reaches toward a large brass kalasha-like vessel with a tiered lid placed on a wooden platform. Red flowers and marigold petals lie on the platform beside it. Behind him a golden ornate throne with carved wooden base and an elaborate gilded backrest stands in front of a wooden stand. Two other people in orange robes stand behind, and a man in white dhoti stands at the right edge with a visible hand. A translucent greenish-white stand and fabric hang along the back wall.