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Outdoor ashram courtyard with a sandy ground and palm trees behind white single-storey buildings with corrugated roofs. A crowd of devotees stands and sits in a long line, many women in colourful saris in orange, pink and green and men and children in white kurtas. A white-clad woman stands near the centre, and a standing deity murti or figure with orange drapery stands on a red pedestal near the rear buildings. A low concrete platform sits at left with cloth spread on it, and a rope barrier runs across the courtyard.

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