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Outdoor ritual at dusk beneath trees at an ashram. A man in a saffron-orange turban and orange shawl, wearing a multicolour flower garland and holding a ritual object, stands at the right side of a circular raised platform. Around him a crowd of about twenty-five people sits or stands in white and pastel clothes with hands folded in prayer. A stone-lined pool or basin with flower garlands in yellow, white and red sits at left, with brass oil lamps, bowls and a small lantern-like lamp on a white cloth. A man in white with a long beard and white turban stands on the right holding a brass bell. Garlands drape the stone structure, and the setting sun glows through the foliage.

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