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Photograph of a ceremonial sitting in an ashram hall. A bearded man with long hair coiled on his head, wearing a rust-red shawl, rudraksha malas and gold ornaments, sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, smiling and holding out a handful of yellow flower petals. A man in a white shirt and red-and-white shawl kneels on a striped mat, cupping his hands to receive the petals. Other participants in white and cream garments, with white head coverings, sit around the frame; a silver bowl of yellow petals rests in the foreground. A white pedestal fan stands nearby.

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