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Photograph of a ritual on a white marble veranda beside a red pillar. In the foreground a woman in a pink salwar kameez and orange scarf kneels with palms pressed together in namaste before a small wooden puja table. On the table sits a green and gold decorated deity murti with marigold garlands and a brass vessel. A man in orange robes sits cross-legged beside the table. Behind them, a long-haired figure in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on a zebra-print cushion, his hand near the murti; the appearance cues are consistent with the page's a person reference but identity is uncertain, so he is described by role as a sannyasi. Several people in orange scarves and white clothes stand around, with a microphone stand and wall posters at the back, and a blurred figure in the lower right corner.

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