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Outdoor ritual at an ashram with palm trees and smoke rising from a fire pit at centre. A seated figure in orange robes with a saffron head covering sits behind a wooden stand before a long offering table covered in orange cloth, brass kalashas with mango leaves, fruits, and flower petals. A man in a white robe holds a tall gold-and-brass ceremonial umbrella with red fringe on the left. Many devotees in white and pastel clothing, including a woman in a pink sari and a girl in white, sit in rows facing the altar. Garlanded deity statues stand in the background.

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