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Evening ritual at an ashram courtyard at night. Three young men in white dhotis and white kurtas, with orange shawls draped over their shoulders, stand in a row holding silver aarti lamps with lit flames. Each has white vibhuti marks on the forehead. Behind them a dark doorway and a whitewashed wall with a painted decorative column; a few seated figures are visible at the right and lower left edges. The lamps are held up in front of them as they perform aarti.

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