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Night outdoor ritual aarti at an ashram courtyard. A man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a white tilak raises a lit camphor flame on a plate high with both arms, beside a banana-leaf stalk. Behind him, several devotees in saffron and white stand with palms joined, and a man in a white shirt and white trousers holds a camera overhead. On the right, a golden palanquin-style platform carries a gilded deity murti with an arched prabhavali. Another figure in white dhoti and red shawl stands at left with hands folded. Draped patterned cloth backdrops and a large printed portrait of a man in a red turban and saffron shawl hang behind. A brass plate of offerings sits near the raised stone platform.

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