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A dim stone-walled interior lit by a bare bulb shows a ritual scene. A bald man in an orange-red dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a headband of beads stands centrally, holding a book and offering items to a younger man in white holding a silver plate. Several bare-chested men with rudraksha malas and shaved heads gather around; one at right has his hands pressed together in prayer. Fruits and a coconut sit on a tray near a small shrine doorway. Visible people: about six.

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