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Night photograph at an ashram entrance during an arrival reception. A silver SUV is stopped beside a white-covered table, and a man in orange robes with red-banded dhoti stands at the driver-side door, extending his hand toward a brass tray holding a kalasha-style pot with mango leaves and a coconut. Men in white kurtas with orange shawls stand nearby, one holding a large orange and multicoloured parasol. Fairy lights glow in the trees behind, with a small purple logo at upper left. A passenger in the car wears an orange shawl. The scene suggests an aarti or welcome ritual on arrival.

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