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Interior ritual at an ashram hall with a two-storey gallery and ceiling fans. On the left, a bronze-coloured statue of a seated sannyasi in brown-orange robes, decorated with garlands and flowers, stands on a purple-draped platform. A man in a brown robe with a gold-beaded necklace and garlands, standing centre, extends his hand toward the statue's head as if performing an anointing or blessing. Nearby, a figure in an orange-red cloth holds a small silver vessel, and a bare-chested man in brown stands beside a square sacrificial fire pit with smoke rising, lined with flower garlands. Men in white dhotis and a man in white with a rudraksha-style necklace press their palms together, and drummers and onlookers fill the background.

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