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A photograph of a ritual gathering in a hall with pink walls, red curtains and rows of red chairs. Seated on the floor in the foreground, many young men and boys wear saffron-orange robes, rudraksha malas, and white vertical forehead markings, sitting on red mats before small brass puja trays, lamps and offering plates. A few older men in white and orange robes sit among them, and a man in a white kurta stands at the upper right near the wall. Some participants handle objects on the trays. A bald, saffron-clad figure sits near the centre-left among the group; no figure is identified as a person.

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