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A photograph taken inside a covered, corrugated-roof hall during an evening devotional gathering. Several men in saffron and orange robes and white dhotis stand closely together; one saffron-robed man has a shaved head and a white forehead mark, and another wears a rudraksha mala. An older woman in a maroon sari and a woman in a red-orange sari with gold border stand near a gold-covered object in the foreground. A woman with a gold-trimmed saffron shawl and jasmine garland is partly visible at the lower left, and a man in a white shirt and dhoti stands at centre. Green doors, a wall electrical panel, and paper decorations hang in the background. The scene appears to be a padapuja or devotee ritual inside a small shrine room; no clearly visible a person candidate is distinguishable from appearance.

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