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A photograph taken from behind large green leaves at an ashram entrance. A striped red, blue, yellow and orange cloth runway is laid on the paved path, edged with marigold garlands. On the left, several women in saris stand in a row holding brass plates and flowers, a woman in a deep orange sari at the front. On the right, a bald man in a dark grey kurta looks down at a mobile phone in his hands. Further back, more women in saris, including one in a purple sari and one in a red-bordered white sari, stand near a blue gate with hanging yellow marigold garlands. A white building with a small roof and a red-brick wall frame the scene. No figure in this image is identified as a person.

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