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A photograph of a seated group of men in an indoor hall performing an aarti ritual. Several shirtless men wear white dhotis with red-and-gold borders and rudraksha malas, holding brass oil lamps and plates aloft toward the front. A man in the right foreground lifts a lit lamp with his right hand. Maroon drapes and stage lights are visible behind them, and a few other participants, including a person with light hair at the far right, sit among them.

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