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Outdoor ceremony beneath shady trees at an ashram site. A large black stone statue of a deity stands in a stone arch, dressed in orange cloth with a garland and ornaments, set on a mound of red offerings ringed by black and white stones. A man in white dhoti and shawl, with an orange-yellow wrap, stands before the murti in worship beside a small offering with a lamp. Seated children in front face the scene, and a woman in white with a yellow wrap holds an orange flag. White and orange flags with a blue emblem stand nearby, and several onlookers stand at the edges.

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