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Night ritual photograph at an ashram. A bare-chested man with long dark hair, orange saffron dhoti and shawl, multiple beaded rudraksha-style malas and a gold necklace sits eyes closed in meditation on an ornate gold-framed throne draped with a leopard-print cloth. In front of him a gold cloth covers a low table with a metal tray. A shaved-headed attendant in orange robes kneels at right tending a fire pit of burning flames on bricks, with kalasha-like brass pots, yellow-topped offerings, flowers, a microphone and metal bowls arranged on a leaf-covered floor. Behind, a textured grey-white wall hangs with a gold drape. Consistent with a homa ritual setting, though the page does not establish the event for this image.

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