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A seated ritual gathering in a bright hall with pale walls and dark wooden doors. Many men in white dhotis with yellow borders sit cross-legged on colourful striped mats, most bare-chested or with white shawls. Several wear orange-red shawls and rudraksha malas, and some have tilak marks on their foreheads. A man in the centre foreground holds his palms together in prayer, and others sit with eyes closed or hands folded. A bearded man in white on a chair lower right and a few others also sit nearby. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so the scene shows devotees and priests at a ceremony.

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