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Outdoor ritual gathering under a tent at KAILASA Los Angeles. Two shirtless priests in white dhotis sit cross-legged on a green-and-yellow cloth, each with a rudraksha mala and a silver pendant, reading from printed papers at microphones. The man on the left wears glasses and a silver necklace; the man on the right has a red tilak on his forehead and holds a notebook with a pen. Behind them, seated women in saris and salwar, including one in red and gold and another in pink, listen with bags and water bottles at their feet.

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