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Outdoor devotional gathering under trees beside a decorated shrine with a deity murti dressed with red and yellow flower garlands. A central figure stands with palms together in a white dhoti and a yellow-and-white shawl, wearing a white turban, a multi-strand garland of white and colourful flowers, and a rudraksha mala, holding a small bell. Behind and around him, many people in white ritual clothes stand and sit with hands folded in anjali, some in orange saffron garments. A small parasol with a striped canopy and orange flags stand in the background. a person cues: the central figure has a white turban and a yellow shawl with rudraksha and garland, but the appearance is not conclusive enough to confirm identity.

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