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A photograph of a ritual inside a ceremonial room at a temple-style ashram. In the centre, a bare-chested man with long hair tied up wears a dark maroon-red dhoti with a wide gold border and a long multi-strand garland of white flowers, pink and red beads, and gold ornaments, plus gold bangles and gold armlets. He is reaching toward a tall silver deity murti on the right, adorned with white and red flower garlands and a silver crown, which is being worshipped in a puja. Behind him, several people in white and saffron-orange clothes stand watching, some holding cameras on tripods. A brass lamp and flower offerings sit on a tray at lower left, and a musician in an orange shawl and maroon garland stands near the left edge. Ceiling fans, a chandelier and orange curtains are visible.

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