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Outdoor event tent decorated with strings of white and orange flags bearing a dove logo and marigold garlands; a row of devotees in white clothes with orange shawls stands on mats near banana-leaf plates holding offerings. In the foreground a woman with hair pulled back wears an orange shawl and white sari, holding and distributing food offerings from her hands. Beside her a woman with glasses and a red bindi in an orange shawl gestures with open palms. A man in a white kurta with an orange shawl stands at right, and a priest in white stands at the far left edge. Setting is an ashram ceremony.

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