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A photograph of seated children in white clothes at an indoor ritual gathering. In the left foreground, a standing figure in a white robe with a red-bordered white dhoti and a gold bangle extends an arm over the seated group. Several seated children in white shirts and white dhotis hold small sticks or sacred threads, and some wear rudraksha malas or white and tilak markings on their foreheads. A patterned mat and a green striped cloth cover the floor, with brass lamps visible in the background. The seated children in the middle and right are receiving items from the standing figure's hand.

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