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A group of devotees stands in a row on a stage in front of a pale green draped backdrop. A woman on the left wears a white sari with a small gold trim and gold bangles, hands pressed together. A man in the centre wears a white kurta with a rudraksha mala, his palms joined in anjali with a gold bracelet on one wrist. Beside them a woman wears a pink shawl over white with a rudraksha mala, and a man on the right wears a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and an event badge. Others in white stand behind, one man with a white vibhuti mark on his forehead, and a woman in glasses in white on the far right. A red-draped stand is visible at the left edge. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues, so this is a devotee gathering rather than a clear depiction of him.

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