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Night outdoor ritual at an ashram with string lights overhead. A standing man in a rust-red dhoti and draped cloth, bare-chested with a long gold necklace and bangles, raises both arms with hands behind his head. A seated priest in an orange-red turban and orange cloth pours from a brass bowl beside a tray of fruit and flower offerings, and a second seated man in orange with a rudraksha mala holds his hands in anjali. A fire pit with flames sits at the left edge, and a brass kalasha and trident-like ritual implements stand behind. Several people in orange and white dhotis watch from the background. The standing man's appearance is not sufficiently distinctive to confirm the page's a person claim.

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