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Outdoor ritual gathering with young devotees seated on a striped pink and purple cloth. Front centre, a young man in an orange dhoti and a bare chest, with white vertical markings on his forehead and arms and rudraksha malas, presses his palms together in prayer while holding a microphone; beside him a young man in a white dhoti with glasses also sits with folded hands. Other boys in orange robes and white-marked skin kneel behind them. In front lies a purple cushion holding a silver bowl of rudraksha beads and a small offering of red and white flowers. Silver vessels, a bowl of yellow marigolds, a brass lamp with a lit oil lamp, and a tray of red fruit complete the puja setup. A camera on a tripod stands at the right, and a green structure is visible behind.

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