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Photograph of a seated group of devotees at a Varanasi event. In the foreground a man in white shirt and dhoti wears an orange-red shawl with printed text and a rudraksha mala, with vibhuti on his forehead. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a gold border wears a green volunteer lanyard, an orange-red shawl and a beaded necklace. Behind them women in white clothes and orange-red shawls sit attentively, one with a bindi and vibhuti, another in red-framed glasses. Gold ritual vessels and a brass lamp appear at the left edge.

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