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Lincroft, New Jersey, 9/20/14: Hema Ramaswamy (center) celebrates a puja, a Hindu devotional ceremony, with a priest and relatives, including her father Ram (right). A young Indian American woman with Down syndrome, Hema will perform her bharata natyam arangetram, the public presentation of classical South Indian dance after years of study.

