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Four men in white dhotis and yellow shawls stand in a row raising brass lamps with flames aloft, each also holding a small brass bell in the other hand, as in an aarti. Seated devotees in white and yellow line the floor, many with hands folded. Behind them an orange drape hangs across the stage, with framed photographs on the wall showing a woman in orange robes wearing a long beaded necklace, and a cameraperson in white stands at the left edge. A wall clock and orange cloth panels hang on the back wall. A man with grey hair and beard in white, seated at the right, is not identifiable from appearance here. The setting is an indoor ashram hall during an evening ritual.

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