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A photograph of a staged tableau in an ashram hall. Two child performers sit on a green cloth before a golden arched backdrop hung with a deep red curtain. The boy wears a black cap, a pink dhoti and a yellow-and-white garland, and the girl wears a green dress, a layered necklace and a white-and-red garland. Behind them, two large deity murtis stand adorned with bright garlands of red, white and green flowers. On the left, a performer in a pink-and-green draped robe with painted face holds two red fruits aloft. On the right, a bald man in a saffron-orange shawl and rudraksha mala raises a silver aarti lamp toward the deities. A brass oil lamp stands at left, and a black stand fan sits in front.

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