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A photograph of several women seated cross-legged on bare ground during dawn or dusk, with palm trees and wispy smoke behind them. In the foreground, a woman with closed eyes and a red bindi and white forehead marks wears an orange shawl over a cream sari with a gold border and a wooden bead mala. Two women behind her wear cream saris with yellow shawls and meditate with eyes closed; a fourth woman, also in cream, sits to the left. The ground is dotted with dark ash or charcoal residue. Printed copyright and source credit appear in the lower right corner. No one is clearly identifiable as a person.

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