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A dim evening photograph of an outdoor ashram gathering with a crowd of children seated on the ground. Two men in white ritual clothes stand in the foreground holding flaming torches or lamps aloft, one on each side, while others in white sit near a dark area in the background. A small fire burns in front of the group. The scene appears to be an evening fire ritual or aarti at an ashram. A timestamp in the lower right reads 3-5-2006. No figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance, so no candidate is named.

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