Photograph of a ritual performance in front of a red draped curtain. Several bare-chested young men in saffron-orange dhotis and rudraksha necklaces raise large white chamaras (fly-whisks) overhead, and one holds a brass bell. Other people sit on a striped multicoloured mat playing drums, and a striped cloth with pink flowers lies at the right edge. - Nithyanandapedia

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Photograph of a ritual performance in front of a red draped curtain. Several bare-chested young men in saffron-orange dhotis and rudraksha necklaces raise large white chamaras (fly-whisks) overhead, and one holds a brass bell. Other people sit on a striped multicoloured mat playing drums, and a striped cloth with pink flowers lies at the right edge.

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