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Night ceremony under a corrugated metal roof during a Shiva Deeksha initiation. A seated figure with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a red-orange cloth, gold armlets and layered beaded necklaces, sits on an ornate gold throne beneath a multicoloured fringed canopy and raises one hand in blessing, holding a green leaf. Before him a priest in a white dhoti with an orange and teal border and a pink head cloth pours water from a metal vessel. Other white-clad devotees sit in rows with offering plates in the foreground, and string lights and a poster of a figure in red and gold are visible at the top right. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, ornate gold jewellery and red-orange robe on a throne, seated in the position of the initiator.

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