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Night-time outdoor ritual at an open-air ashram pavilion. Seated in the foreground and middle are a large crowd of devotees in saffron and orange robes and white garments, some with head coverings and shawls. On a raised white platform at centre, several figures in white dhotis and saffron-coloured clothing sit near a fire pit, with a brass vessel and flames visible. To the right, a gilded shrine holds a deity murti decorated with garlands and flowers, with a green cloth backdrop and oil lamps before it. A few saffron-clad men sit beside the shrine. Pink water bottles and notebooks sit among the audience.

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