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Night procession in an ashram courtyard lit by a small pot of oil lamps. A woman in a rust-orange sari with a matching headwrap and a garland of red and white flowers carries a lit oil lamp held in both hands. Beside her, a man in a dark brown-and-gold dhoti and a patterned tall conical headpiece holds a long decorated staff with a shoulder-length cloth, and a red-and-gold chatra overhead. Other attendants in white and orange-brown robes carry wooden trays and walk behind, and a drummer stands at the right. On the ground is a white chalk kolam with the words HARA SHIVOHAM written inside a lotus-like outline. Decorative hangings and a ceremonial trident appear in the background.

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