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A young woman in an orange short-sleeved kurta and orange trousers performs an aerial rope yoga pose, sitting cross-legged mid-air while holding a hanging rope with a smile. Behind her, colourfully painted ceremonial pillars with flower and bird motifs and gold-yellow fringed bases frame a hall with white ceiling drapes and overhead lights. In the foreground, seated devotees wear orange turbans and orange clothing near golden deity murti and offerings. A framed portrait hangs on the pink wall; its subject is not clearly visible enough to identify.

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