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Indoor photo of a devotional house visit. In the foreground, a seated young man in a fresh-red-and-orange robe with a rose-and-marigold garland holds a fruit over a cardboard box of fruit, while a young monk in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits beside him holding a fruit. A woman in a white head covering bows low and touches the floor near them, while other women stand around watching; one in a red sari presses her palms together, another in a light blue salwar kameez rests her hand on the kneeling woman's back, and an older woman in a green patterned dress looks on. A young man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands behind, and a cameraman in an orange robe films with a video camera. Framed photographs hang on the pale wall. Physical people count is about a dozen.

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