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Outdoor ritual at an ashram grounds with palm trees and a red building behind. A central man wears a tall golden crown with a sunburst-like top, heavy gold ornaments, rudraksha bracelets and a thick garland of red and yellow flowers over a rudraksha-style mala; he holds a white cord and grasps a bundle of straw-like greenery tied to a golden cylindrical pillar. On the left, a priest in a rust-orange cloth and head wrap pulls the cord overhead, and on the right another man in an orange turban sits near offerings of flowers and cloth. Behind them, a crowd of devotees in white and orange clothing watches. Photo shows a person as the central figure wearing a crown, gold ornaments and garlands; the assisting priests and devotees are in rust-orange and white.

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