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Outdoor ritual on a white marble floor. A central figure with long dark hair, rudraksha mala and orange robe sits cross-legged beside a green-and-gold deity murti dressed in a pink and gold sari with a garland of marigolds and white beads; a kneeling attendant in orange robes offers a brass plate. Marigold petals and small brass vessels lie on the floor. Behind them, devotees in orange shawls stand and watch, one man in orange speaks near a microphone stand, and a woman in teal and white kneels at right. A wall with notices is visible behind. Swamiji (probable) is the central seated figure with long hair and rudraksha mala, performing puja.

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