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A seated group ritual in a hall with patterned wall hangings and a red-framed doorway. In the centre, a bald man in a blue zip jacket and jeans, with a red shawl and a red bindi, raises a small brass vessel in one hand and holds a bell or small brass item in the other, with a red-bordered name badge on his chest. Around him people sit on striped floor mats in white kurtas and red shawls, some with orange lanyards; a man in a white cap and orange jacket and several others sit behind. Brass plates with offerings, a small brass cup, a pink tray and a water bottle lie in front of them. The image is a photograph of an ashram or satsang gathering.

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