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A photograph of a food-offering ritual at an ashram. A bearded man with long hair, a white floral-and-blue garland and a bare, white-marked chest sits at left, handling food. Beside him a young girl in an orange blouse with a white forehead mark works with yellow rice. A woman in a red and green embroidered sari holds a stainless steel tray of food, and a woman in a white sari with purple border stands at right. A person in orange robes with a long rudraksha-style mala stands at far right. Tall gold-and-bronze food platters line the foreground. The scene suggests a maheshwara puja offering, and the surrounding event is a food-offering ritual rather than a formal festival.

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