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A photograph of a welcome ritual inside a white-walled hall with a large multicoloured floral rangoli on the floor. A woman in a red sleeveless dress and garland, barefoot, holds a brass aarti lamp with flowers at its base and reaches toward a flower-decorated lamp stand over the rangoli. Behind her, devotees in white and cream clothing, saris and orange sarees stand and clap or fold hands. On the right, a man in an orange robe and saffron dhoti stands barefoot with hands joined, appearing to be a sannyasi, while men in white shirts and a uniformed man stand nearby. Balloons hang in the upper left corner. Watermarked archive photo.

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