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Outdoor photograph under a clear blue sky at an ashram courtyard. In the left foreground, a dark silhouette of a person with long hair and a dark, striped garment stands facing away, hands raised together. On the right edge, another silhouetted figure with a dark garment is partially visible. In the middle distance, a row of people in saffron and orange robes stand with hands folded in namaskar, with several people in white clothing among them. Behind them is a small open-sided canopy with a sloped roof over a shrine containing a deity murti, surrounded by green trees and a tall antenna. Partial copyright text is overlaid on the right side of the frame.

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