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Indoor ritual photo in a plain whitewashed hall with a pedestal fan at right. A man in an orange-red garment and a white jasmine garland sits cross-legged on a mat, eyes lowered and hand raised near his face. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a metal stand with a large flame and a lamp. Other seated and standing devotees in white and orange clothing surround them, and a microphone stands on the floor. A standing man in white kurta is visible at the top. Several other people sit in the background.

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