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A photograph of a ritual scene indoors on a tiled floor. In the foreground, a bare-backed man with long dreadlocked hair wears an orange cloth draped over his shoulder and holds something in cupped hands, facing a seated woman in a white and gold-bordered sari with a white head covering, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant. Another seated woman in a maroon top sits at left. Behind them, several people in orange robes with rudraksha malas stand in a row. A camera tripod and a laptop sit on a colourful striped mat, with an orange-draped table and a brass tray in the background.

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