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A photograph of a seated devotional gathering in a yellow-walled hall. Two men in front wear white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas; the man on the left, with a sacred mark on his forehead, chants with raised hands, while the man on the right, with white horizontal marks on forehead and arms, holds a small brass bell and lamp-like object. Brass plates with offerings, small brass lamps and cups sit on green and red mats in front of them. Behind, around twenty seated men in white shirts and dhotis watch and some have hands folded. Orange cloth hangs from the upper wall. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present.

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