Photograph of a multi-tiered brass lamp stand with many burning oil lamps in a row, lit during a ritual. Several young men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls stand behind it, one wearing a long beaded garland and another with white sacred ash stripes on the arms and forehead. Blurred devotees in the background and additional lamps on a metal ledge suggest a temple or ashram ritual setting. - Nithyanandapedia

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Photograph of a multi-tiered brass lamp stand with many burning oil lamps in a row, lit during a ritual. Several young men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls stand behind it, one wearing a long beaded garland and another with white sacred ash stripes on the arms and forehead. Blurred devotees in the background and additional lamps on a metal ledge suggest a temple or ashram ritual setting.

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