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A photograph of a large crowd of devotees standing outdoors at dusk with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. In the foreground a woman in a purple top and white skirt stands with hands joined, flanked by a man in a white dhoti and a man in a white shirt with a mala. Others in white kurtas and sarees fill the courtyard, with palm trees, a red pillar and a low building behind. A bare-legged devotee at centre wears a white dhoti and shawl with curly hair. Several people wear rudraksha-style malas. Terracotta-coloured floor mats and hexagonal paving sit under the crowd. No one is identifiable as a person from appearance alone.

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