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A seated group of around two dozen men in saffron-orange robes sit in rows on a red-carpeted hall floor during a Shiva Deeksha gathering. Many wear rudraksha mala necklaces, several have white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and bodies, and some have long dreadlocked hair. Most gaze forward toward an unseen focal point at the right, where a gold-trimmed altar with a small kalasha-like vessel is visible. Right of centre a small child in orange with a rudraksha mala sits beside the adults. No speaker or a person is clearly visible in this frame.

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