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Outdoor ceremony at an ashram courtyard under a open roof, with a large gold-trimmed square fire pit in the foreground where flames and smoke rise from burning cowdung. Two men seated on a striped cloth in front of the fire pit wear saffron and orange clothing, orange turbans and beaded necklaces; one holds a flat plate and another tends the fire with a stick. Behind them a line of seated devotees in orange and red garments, many wearing orange head cloths, sit on the ground facing the fire. A silver urn stands at left beside brass lamps and a bundle wrapped in orange cloth. On the left, a gold and red throne holds a seated figure in red and white draped clothing, shown in a framed portrait on a stand beside a monitor and a row of small red figures. Cameras are set up around the courtyard, and a red-and-white pillared structure with trees surrounds the scene.

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