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Devotees sit cross-legged on a white marble floor during a group ritual. In the front row, a young woman in a white and gold sari with white jasmine garlands presses her palms together. Beside her, a fair-haired man in white dhoti and shawl, with white markings on his arms and chest, also holds his palms in anjali and wears white and red garlands. Next to them, a woman in a brown and maroon sari with a white garland sits with hands folded, and at the far right a woman in a purple blouse and red sari with curly hair has hands raised in prayer. Two small steel cups sit on the floor in front. Behind them, thirty or more women in orange and red saris, many with rudraksha malas and flower-decorated hair, chant with hands folded. No deity murti or a person candidate is clearly identifiable by the cues required.

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