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A photograph of a domestic room with orange walls where a seated woman in an orange and brown outfit, wearing a red and yellow flower garland and holding a silver ceremonial staff, sits in a chair receiving a ritual. In front of her a small oil lamp flame burns on a red and white patterned mat beside a brass tray of red flowers, with a seated man in a grey kurta and white dhoti pressing his palms together and a woman in a white sari with a rudraksha mala assisting. Several standing women in saris with folded hands, and a man in a red-and-gold robe holding a camera, watch from the doorway. Around fifteen people are visible in total, with the seated central figure, the lamp and the mat as the focal points.

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