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Devotees carry silver vessels on their heads at an ashram event hall decorated with garlands and tall red, green and white pillars with floral patterns. In the foreground a woman in a white sari and white top holds a covered silver pot aloft, beside a woman in an orange blouse and cream sari holding another covered pot overhead; both wear beaded necklaces. A man in a white shirt with a white forehead mark and rudraksha malas stands at right, and an older woman in a blue sari with an event badge is at far right. Several more people stand behind the pot carriers.

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