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Outdoor ritual photograph at an ashram. A large black Shivalinga stands in the foreground, draped with a thick rainbow garland of red, orange, yellow, green, purple and white flowers, with a silver-plated yoni base. Behind it, on a raised metal platform with railings, a long-haired man in a saffron-brown dhoti and shawl stands with garlands around his neck, while two other men beside him wear bare-chested or white ritual attire, one with a shaved head and white tilak and hands joined in namaste. A red multi-storey building and pink-white draped bunting form the background.

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