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A crowd of men gathers in a tight indoor space near a wall banner with red Kannada lettering. In the centre, a man in a white kurta with a green-and-red shawl stands with his back to the camera. On the right, a man in orange kurta and a rudraksha bracelet holds up a handheld video camera whose flip-out screen shows a playback of people. Around them, saffron-robed sadhus wear orange shawls, a bald man has an orange turban, and bearded men wear rudraksha malas. Two young men in white kurtas stand in the back. No individual's identity is confirmed by appearance, so the central figures are described by role only.

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