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An outdoor procession at an ashram gate, with a man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl and a rudraksha-style bead mala raising a brass lamp-like vessel with flame toward the sky. Beside him an older woman in a pink sari with a vibhuti mark on her forehead holds a small brass bell with folded hands, and a woman in a white top with red shawl stands nearby with hands pressed in namaskar. Men in white shirts and white dhotis carry a tall gold-topped staff with a red tassel and a gold ceremonial umbrella pole, while others walk with folded hands. Marigold garlands hang at lower right, a blue van is parked to the left, and a sign reads Temple on a red wall. The scene looks like a festival or ritual procession with a crowd of roughly twenty to thirty people.

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Outdoor temple-courtyard photograph of a ritual procession. A shaven-headed man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, with a gold-toned necklace, raises a small ritual vessel high with one arm while holding a bell-like object in the other hand. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts and a woman in white sari stand with palms pressed together in prayer, and a woman in a pink sari with folded hands bows. Some onlookers, including children, watch from the crowd. On the right, a man holds a tall gold-tipped staff or standard, and marigold garlands hang at the frame edge. Behind them are a blue van, strings of orange and yellow lamps, a pale stone wall with a red sign, and a large white board with text. The scene reads as a devotional ceremony.2010-12-22December 22 20102010-12-22Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram entrance under a corrugated metal roof strung with orange and multicoloured bunting. 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