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A photograph of a large seated group of men and boys in a white-marble hall, performing a ritual. Most are bare-chested, wearing white dhotis with gold borders, rudraksha malas, and white vibhuti or tilaka marks on forehead and body. Several sit cross-legged with hands folded or eyes closed; some hold palm-leaf books. In the foreground a man with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks sits with eyes closed, and a bald older man in white dhoti holds his hands together. Small brass oil lamps, kumkum dishes, flower petals and incense sticks lie on the floor before them. Orange and red cushions and white covered tables line the back of the hall, and a screen glows at the top. A man in an orange shawl with rudraksha beads sits on the right.

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