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A photograph of a ritual at an outdoor ashram setting with bright sunlight. In the foreground, a young man bare-chested with a long rudraksha mala holds his hands together in a mudra near a fire. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in an orange-red cloth wears a yellow-and-orange flower garland and a rudraksha mala. An older man with a white moustache, wearing a white shirt and gold bangle, leans over a fire with coconut halves and flower garlands in front of him, with smoke rising. Another man in white stands behind, and several people are visible in the background. The rudraksha mala, coconuts, garlands and fire suggest a homa-style offering with coconuts, though this is not a named ritual.

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