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A large group of children and young teens sits cross-legged on sandy ground beneath a sprawling banyan tree with thick, low-spreading limbs and hanging aerial roots. Many wear saffron, orange, green and white clothing; some girls wear salwar kameez in pastel blue and green, and several wear white. A few older attendees in white stand or sit at the edges. No clear a person candidate is visible in this frame, so the identity is not established from appearance.

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