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A seated group of young and adult men and boys in saffron and orange robes performs a ritual at a tiled hall with brass vessels and lamps on the floor. Many have white sacred ash horizontal stripes and white forehead markings, and several wear rudraksha malas. A boy in front pours from a small brass vessel while another boy in a red and orange robe reads from a white sheet. Behind them, devotees in white clothes sit quietly. A tray with brass lamps and plates lies in the centre. The scene looks like a group puja or satsang.

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