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A photograph of a crowded outdoor scene at dusk with a white vehicle in the foreground. A bald man with a white tilak on his forehead wears an orange-red saffron shawl over a dark robe and gestures toward the white car. Beside him, a man in a white cloth with blue-striped borders rests a hand on the car's side. Behind them, several saffron-robed sadhus with rudraksha malas and shaved heads move through a dense crowd. Behind a saffron-orange tent, a decorated temple-style wall and thatched structure are visible, with a man in a light shirt raising a phone to take a picture.

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