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Outdoor Pradosha puja at an ashram site. A shaven-headed priest in orange saffron robes and a rudraksha mala stands on a small wooden stool beside a black stone Nandi bull statue, ringing a handheld bell while holding a lit lamp and offerings on a white altar base. A tall copper-coloured kalasha-style pillar and palm trees stand behind him. In the foreground, a man in white clothes with a red-thread neckband and several women in white saris with red-bordered garments stand with palms pressed together in prayer. The photo is taken in daylight with a sandy ground and a cluster of buildings in the distance.

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