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A seated group of saffron-robed monks and devotees sits on a floor mat in a hall during a Hindu gathering. A central monk with a full beard and a red-orange wrapped shawl, wearing rudraksha beads and a tilak, sits cross-legged beside a man in a red-orange turban and rudraksha malas, who sits with hands folded. At right, a bearded man in orange robes wears gold necklaces, and another person in white clothing with gold chains sits further right. A front-left man in a pale orange shawl and a shaved-headed young man in orange sit in the foreground. A brass oil lamp and a small offering stand on a white-covered table behind them. A banner above shows a portrait of a man in a yellow-and-red turban and is labelled with Kannada text announcing a Hindu convention. Water bottles sit on the mat.

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