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A photograph of a large hall where a seated figure in a cream turban and a maroon embroidered jacket sits at the front, facing a white stage crowded with people. Many devotees in white and yellow clothes fill the space behind, some wearing saffron. Two men in saffron-orange robes and beaded necklaces stand at the right edge of the stage, one with a shaved head, and one with a long beard, while people applaud. A large decorated cake with a red-and-white border rests on a table in the centre, next to a bouquet of yellow and red flowers. An orange cloth lies on the front table beside a microphone and a string of rudraksha beads. Maroon drapes and white bunting hang from the ceiling, and a bright stage light is visible above. The seated figure's cream turban and maroon embroidered jacket match the cues tied to the a person candidate, but the appearance is only partly visible. Several hundred people, many in white, fill the hall, though only the nearest rows can be clearly counted.

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