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Outdoor photograph of a Dasara celebration at Sripuram Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in Hyderabad. Under a striped canopy, a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and bare chest stands with hands in anjali, facing a small table holding a plate of offerings and a burning oil lamp flame. A second man in a white shirt holds a lit lamp or flame nearby. A garlanded framed picture stands on the right beside a cooking vessel. Around them, several children and young boys in colourful shirts and a girl in a yellow dress stand watching, several with palms pressed together in prayer. Pots and a stove sit on the right under a white building wall. The priest does not show distinctive a person cues such as long hair, saffron robes or ornate ornaments, so his identity is uncertain.

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