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A candid photo of a seated group during an evening devotional gathering. In the foreground, a woman in a white shawl with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, eyes closed as if chanting. Beside her, another woman in a white and blue-patterned top holds a lamp, and a few other hands with small lamps appear at the edge. Blurred at left, a person in a red-orange robe sits on a white plastic chair behind a wooden table with brass items and papers. Other seated attendees fill the lower frame. Oil lamps and a devotional lamp ritual are the central activity.

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