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Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram courtyard under colourful tasselled hangings in red, yellow, green and blue. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a gold-trimmed shawl and a turban stands at left beside a brass lamp and a tray of flowers on a white-draped table, with other white-clad priests behind him. In the centre, a figure with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe and rudraksha mala and stands barefoot on grass with its back partly toward the camera; the face is not clearly visible, and the figure's identity is uncertain. Beside them, women in orange and pink saris and men in white shirts and trousers stand watching, while several men sit on mats at right, one with hands pressed in anjali. An orange and pink rope marks the ritual area on the ground.

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