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A seated group of saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees surrounds a media interview on a striped rug. At centre, a man with long dark hair, a saffron cloth, a white headband and layered rudraksha malas gestures while smiling. Beside him a bald elder in saffron with a beaded headband and gold necklace gestures toward the group. In front, a man with long hair and white beard in a red shawl sits, and to the right a seated man in white dhoti with a gold border and rudraksha mala holds a microphone. Journalists stand behind with a notepad, camera and recorder, and uniformed police officers stand in the background. Several saffron-clad devotees with rudraksha malas stand at left with hands folded.

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