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A photograph of a large hall where many men sit cross-legged on a white tiled floor performing a group ritual. Most wear white dhotis and are bare-chested with white sacred markings on their foreheads and bodies, and many wear rudraksha malas. Brass plates and bowls with flowers, fruit and oil lamps sit on small mats in front of them, and several people hold small items up to their faces. In the foreground a young man in a white dhoti with a lavender cloth and a rudraksha mala holds a brass object, beside a boy in orange robes. Other people sit in rows behind them, with chairs and red-clothed tables visible at the back of the room.