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A photograph of an indoor ritual gathering in a hall with red and white walls and a floral decorated stage. Many saffron-robed and rust-red-robed monastic disciples stand and kneel on a white floor. Several men with shaved heads wear rudraksha malas and gold-trimmed orange dhotis and shawls, some with bare upper bodies and sandal-paste markings. Some figures are pressing palms together in namaskar greetings, and others are bowing low to the ground. Young boys in orange robes with gold borders stand near them, and a woman in the background wears a white sari. A water bottle sits on the floor at the lower left. Visibly this looks like a ritual reception of monastics at a Maheshwara Puja-style event.

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