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A photograph of a temple-style hall where men in white dhotis and shirts gather around musicians. On the left, a man in a pale cream kurta with a red and gold shawl draped over his shoulders plays a long wind instrument. Beside him, a man with a white tilak on his forehead stands. A young boy in a red polo shirt stands in the centre. A man in a white shirt and dhoti wears a white flower garland and a rudraksha-style mala, smiling. Another man in white wears spectacles and a dark beaded mala. On the right, a musician in white with a red and yellow tilak plays a wind instrument, wearing a green and gold shawl, with a drum in the foreground. Framed portraits hang on the walls behind.

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