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A large group of devotees sits cross-legged on mats inside an open-sided pavilion with a tiled roof and tall windows, performing a ritual with small oil lamps. Most wear white kurtas or robes with yellow shawls, and a few men in front wear orange shawls. Each person holds a lit oil lamp or lit wick above a brass plate with offerings, and some plates hold flowers and red kumkum. Two men at the front in orange shawls sit closest to the camera, one holding a lamp. Green trees and a bright sky are visible through the windows, and a woman in white stands in the background near an orange cloth hanging. Captions on the photo read ISHAN DHYANAPEETH and Banyan-Tree, though this appears to be a padha-pooja style group worship.

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