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Outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard with palm trees and green foliage behind. A young man in white dhoti with gold borders and a bare upper body bends forward, holding a silver tray or plate near a large copper-toned kalasha or ceremonial vessel decorated with yellow marigold garlands and white flower strands. Beside him, a monk in maroon robes with a gold-striped cloth bends over the vessel. Two boys in red-maroon clothing sit or kneel at left, watching. The vessel sits on a raised terracotta-coloured platform with ornate relief carvings on its base. No a person candidate is visible.

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