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A photograph at a crowded tented event with white ceiling fabric and ceiling fans. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron turban and matching saffron robe, with a long rudraksha-bead mala around his neck, smiles broadly and raises one hand in greeting while leaning on a railing. Beside him, a bald man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala stands near a tall red ceremonial umbrella with fringed crystal drapery, and other saffron-robed attendants carry the umbrella poles. On the right, a man in a red polo shirt smiles and gestures, a man in a blue shirt holds a phone, and a man in white folds his hands in greeting. A child in the lower right looks on. A booth behind shows a banner reading Nithyananda Sangha North Carolina. Swamiji (probable) is the centre figure: his turban, saffron robe and long rudraksha mala match the page's identification. Several people are visible in the crowd.

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