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Photo of a group seated on the floor of an ashram hall during a ritual preparation. Five men sit cross-legged on a cream tiled floor on red cushions. Four wear white kurta-style clothes with orange-and-red patterned shawls; one on the right wears a rudraksha mala. A central man with a beard and glasses wears a white dhoti with an orange and blue border and holds his hands together in front of him. In the foreground a curly-haired person in a purple top holds a small octagonal tray with a pen over ingredients or a sacred item on the floor. Water bottles sit on the floor nearby.