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A photograph of a room with a tiled floor where a man in white clothes sits in the foreground on the left, facing a group of seated sannyasis and a woman in white. Three men wear white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls, and two of them wear white turbans with red trim; the one at the right wears a white turban and has a hand near his face. The woman sits cross-legged in white with an orange shawl and a beaded necklace. On the floor are brass and copper bells, cone-shaped metal pieces and a few ornate brass items, with colourful woven cloth and beaded jewellery at lower right. Simple walls, a wooden bench and hanging white clothes appear in the background.
Photo 940 of 946 from 9 May 2007

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