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Outdoor gathering under a bamboo-and-palm pavilion, with a large crowd of villagers in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris, and children pressed close. On the right, a figure in an orange turban and orange robe, wearing a long white and red flower garland, stands facing the crowd; a man in a white shirt with folded hands and a bearded older man in white stand near him. A colourful cloth banner hangs from the bamboo frame, and a blue-and-white plastic chair sits in the background. The mood is one of welcome and devotion.

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