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A photograph inside a bright hall with white ceiling lights and red-orange curtains along the walls. In the centre, a woman in a rust-red sari with gold borders and a red turban-style headpiece, wearing a red and white beaded garland, reaches out toward a young boy in orange robes; she holds a tray or cloth. Several young boys and adult sannyasis in saffron and orange robes and rudraksha malas stand around, some with shaved heads and vibhuti marks, while people in white dhotis stand at left. The setting suggests a padapuja or sarvadarshan line, though no specific ritual is clearly shown. Roughly fifteen to twenty people are visible.

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