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Outdoor photograph at a crowded tented camp with orange and multicoloured canopies overhead. A man in a long orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant leans forward and extends his arm to clasp the hand of a man in an orange robe on the right. Around them, saffron-clad sadhus sit and stand: a bearded man in orange on the left holds a yellow object, a bald man in orange stands behind, a seated man in orange wears a gold-bead necklace and gold bangles, and a seated bald monk in saffron wears a white-and-orange rudraksha mala. A seated man in white garments sits near the centre, and a bearded man in pink robes and an orange turban sits behind them. Women in saris stand in the background. Green cords stretch across the frame between tent poles.

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