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A crowded indoor room with pale yellow walls and a wooden door frame at right. A large crowd presses tightly together, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis, with several saffron-robed monks, some shaved-headed, wearing orange garments and rudraksha beads. A central figure with swept-back grey hair and bare upper body wears a saffron cloth over one shoulder and reaches toward the crowd with his hand raised. Many hands reach toward him, and a woman in a red and white sari stands at lower centre.