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A photograph of a ritual scene at a temple-style hall. In the centre, a person with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl over a red garment and a long garland of white flowers with rudraksha beads. He holds a flaming lamp in one hand and a bell in the other while speaking into a microphone. A young man on his left wears a white shirt, an orange shawl and a white forehead mark. Another seated young man at left wears an orange shawl and rudraksha mala. On the right, a bearded man in white clothes holds the microphone stand. Yellow flowers lie on a white altar in front, and bright orange curtains hang behind. A standing figure in white stands in the background.

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