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Outdoor photograph of four men in orange saffron dhotis, seen from behind, performing an aarti with a flaming oil lamp on a metal stand held aloft by the man second from right. Long dreadlocked hair falls down their backs, and rudraksha bracelets and mala beads adorn their arms and necks. The man at far left holds his hands in anjali near his chest, and another holds a small brass vessel. Behind them is a sandy cleared ground enclosed by a wire fence on orange posts, with trees, a red-walled structure and a blue-roofed building in the background. No individual's face is visible and no identity is claimed from appearance.

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