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A photograph of a devotional gathering in a hall with a painted mural of fruit and festive decorations behind. A man in a white shirt and grey striped vest bows forward, wearing a red Santa hat with white trim. Behind him a man in a white shirt and vest, also in a Santa hat, stands near the wall. On the right, a man in orange robes, a white Santa hat with a leopard-print pompom, a red bindi and layered gold beaded necklaces holds a small silver bowl and smiles with eyes closed; an orange-clad attendant is at the far right edge. A red fringed canopy hangs above, and a golden ritual vessel sits in the lower foreground. Another bald man in orange robes stands in the background.

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