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Night photo of an outdoor courtyard at an ashram, dim and smoky, with a light haze drifting through the air. Around two dozen people in white dhotis and white garments with orange and red shawls mill about, several holding small lit sparklers, celebrating Diwali with crackers. A tall trident-topped pole stands at left beside a raised stone platform with a large vessel. A signboard reading Sri Anandam is on the right-hand wall, and potted plants with orange-clay pots border a path in the foreground.

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