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Indoor gathering under a dark tent-like ceiling with colourful hanging banners at the back. In the centre a man in glasses and white shirt is being approached by devotees; a bare-backed monk in saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala stands with his back to the camera. On the right a shaven-headed monk in orange robes and a beaded necklace speaks. A man in a pink shirt in the left foreground holds his hands together in prayer. A silver vessel and a brass pot sit in the lower foreground. Several people are visible, with the saffron-robed monks and devotees clustered closely together.

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