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A photograph inside a small room with pale green walls and a framed picture on the wall. A woman in a orange-red robe with a green and red flower garland sits on the floor at right, holding a tall silver trident. Beside her a woman in a white sari with a red shawl sits with palms pressed together, and a young man in white dhoti and shirt holds a lit oil lamp toward the centre. Around them, men and youths in orange and saffron robes and rudraksha malas stand or sit with hands folded, and a cameraman in orange stands at upper right. Flower petals lie on the floor.

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