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Outdoor photograph of a large seated gathering under a open-sided pandal with a striped mat on the ground. In the foreground, several saffron-robed sannyasis sit cross-legged, most with shaved heads; one man in a deep orange turban and orange robe with a long beaded necklace sits near the centre, and beside him a man in a red-orange turban sits with a rudraksha-style necklace. A man in white ritual clothing sits at left, and a cameraman in a light shirt holds a video camera at bottom centre. Behind them, a dense crowd of devotees stretches back under floral garlands strung across the pandal frame, with banana leaves, an arched floral arch and orange flower garlands visible. a person: the orange-turbaned, long-haired man with a beaded necklace seated near the centre, identified only by his distinctive turban, flowing hair and ornate orange clothing.

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