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A large crowd sits on colourful striped mats during a ritual gathering in a tented hall with a red and gold canopy above. In the foreground, several men sit bare-chested with orange and saffron cloths draped over their shoulders, some with white ash markings on their skin and rudraksha malas. Behind them, a bald man in an orange shawl sits among seated devotees, and a man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala sits on the left in white clothing. Many devotees in white and orange garments fill the rows behind, with small oil lamps placed on the mats in front. The people are seated and close together, with a few standing in the background.

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