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A photograph of an outdoor gathering beside a thatched hut under palm trees. A man in an orange saffron robe, with long swept-back dark hair, a white and gold turban, a white flower garland and gold necklaces, feeds a sweet to a young man in white ritual clothes and a rudraksha mala. Behind them, a man in white dhoti and shawl holds a tray of sweets, and a bowl of round laddu sweets sits in the foreground. Several women in white saris and orange clothing, some with vermilion or white forehead marks, stand nearby, and a small girl in a blue dress watches. The person in orange has distinctive long hair, saffron robes and ornate gold jewellery, consistent with the a person candidate named on the page, presented as a sannyasi distributing prasad to an ashram devotee.

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