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A seated group of devotees sits on striped mats outdoors before a red temple structure with a flower-decorated altar behind them. Many men are bare-chested, wearing white dhotis, rudraksha malas and beaded necklaces. A bearded man in the centre, with a white forehead mark and a bead garland, sits cross-legged with palms pressed together. A man on the right with long dreadlocks and a rudraksha mala looks on. A man at left has an Om tattoo on his chest and a long mala. A woman in a bright green sari sits in the background. Several people listen attentively. No figure in the image is clearly identifiable as a person.

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