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A photograph of a devotee household ritual indoors. A seated figure on the right wears an orange robe, a garland of white jasmine and red flowers with rudraksha beads, gold bangles, and a warm smile; the person on the right is seated on a raised cushion with a silver staff-like ritual object beside them. Seated on the floor at left, a young man in a brown shirt and white dhoti holds a lit incense or camphor flame toward the seated figure, while a woman in an orange sari with a beaded necklace watches. Two shaven-headed young sannyasi-clad attendants in orange and white stand and sit nearby, one holding the ritual staff. A small oil lamp burns on the floor and a framed portrait with flowers sits on a shelf behind them. The walls are pink, with a cabinet bearing small bells on the right.

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