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A sandy outdoor ground where several men in white kurtas and white dhotis perform a martial-arts style demonstration, some with yellow waist sashes, one man barefoot in a dark shirt and blue jeans walking through the sand. A large crowd of mostly white-clad devotees sits along the edge, with red-and-white flags and red balloons on poles. At the right, a canopy with colourful umbrellas shelters seated figures in white and saffron, and blue barrels stand nearby. A large banner with a printed portrait of a bearded man in saffron hangs behind the performers. Watermarked archive photo of an open-air event.

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