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A photograph of a ritual initiation at night. A man seated on an ornate gold throne with a serpent-hood canopy wears a maroon robe, white tilak, and a white and purple flower garland, holding a stick and sitting on a red cushion. Two men in orange robes and orange turbans prostrate themselves on striped mats before him. In the foreground a yellow-brick fire pit holds a flame, with flower petals, marigolds, a brass plate, a kalasha-like pot, and a white-clothed bundle with a yellow marigold. Kumkum and rice flowers are scattered on the ground. Homa and deeksha ritual setting.

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