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A photograph of a large hall with many seated devotees on mats during a group ritual. In the foreground, young girls in maroon tunics with gold trim sit with eyes closed, some with white tilak marks on their foreheads. A woman in an orange shawl and dark top sits in the centre with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a woman in white clothes with a white shawl sits beside a brass tray of offerings. Behind them, rows of attendees sit on the floor near silver stanchions along the aisle, with red and striped cushions stacked at the left and boxes against the back wall.

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