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A seated group of young boys and adult men in saffron and maroon ceremonial robes, with white vertical tilak marks on their foreheads and white painted markings on their arms and chests, sit close together on a floor during a ritual. Several wear rudraksha malas. Brass oil lamps and small brass vessels sit on a low table in the foreground, and a glass partition and a lit hall are visible behind them. A boy in orange robes at centre smiles and gestures toward a companion. A bald man in orange robes near the upper centre sits among them, but his appearance does not clearly establish that he is a person, so this is not an identification.

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