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A seated group of women and girls in a hall during a ritual, many holding small brass oil lamps. Foreground: a young girl in a red top with gold border and a blue-beaded cord; a woman in an orange sari with gold border holds a brass lamp and a rudraksha mala; a woman in a white embroidered top and rudraksha mala sits beside her. Middle row: a woman with a white forehead mark wears an orange-and-gold sari; a woman in a pale blue-and-white floral top wears beads. Back rows: women in white and orange-gold saris, one with grey hair in a white top, others in white clothes, with brass lamps and a plastic container on the floor. Many participants wear white or saffron clothing, and tiled floor and pillars surround them.

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