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Outdoor ritual scene under a bright white tent with hazy light. Centre, a bare-chested, white-bearded man with a yellow tilak and white sacred ash on his forehead wears long rudraksha malas and a gold pendant, kneeling beside a large yellow gourd wrapped in a maroon cloth and offerings of nuts and grains on a plate. Around him, several saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees stand or sit; one tall figure on the left wears a maroon turban, another on the right in orange robes has his hands folded in prayer. Other people and an orange-robed attendant stand in the background, and a folding metal barrier runs behind them.

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