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Photograph of a seated-cushion setup on woven straw mats for a ritual session. An orange cloth covers a seat where a figure in orange robes sits, with a microphone on a stand before it. In front lie a silver tray of fresh fruit with apples, lemons and bananas, a brass kalasha-style pot wrapped in mesh with a pointed leaf-topped lid, a silver bowl of petals, a brass yantra-like plate on an orange cloth, a small gold deity murti, and tall silver oil lamps on either side. Part of a figure in orange clothing stands at the left edge and a person in white stands at the right edge, with their feet and lower bodies cropped.

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