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A group of saffron-robed monks sit cross-legged on a tiled floor performing a ritual, many with white vibhuti marks on their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks. Each holds a long brass horn-shaped vessel, pouring liquid into or drawing from it, while stainless steel bowls, pots and small brass items are arranged before them on the floor. Several younger boys in red garments and white forehead marks sit among the group, and a figure in white dhoti and shawl sits at the right edge.

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