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A large outdoor public gathering in front of a raised red-skirted stage decorated with red and white bunting. A big banner behind the stage shows a painted deity scene and Kannada-script text. Several people in white and saffron clothing sit on the stage, and the stage is lined with loudspeakers. A dense crowd of many hundreds of people, mostly men in white and pastel shirts, stands across the open ground, with some red plastic chairs at the front. Trees and a hillside with huts rise behind the venue. Individual faces on the stage are too small and distant to confirm any identity, so no a person candidate is asserted.