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Photograph of a seated crowd at an outdoor satsang tent. In the right foreground, a man with swept-back dark hair wears a white shawl over a saffron-orange garment, a rudraksha mala and a pendant, with white and red tilak on his forehead, eyes closed. To his left, an older white-haired man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala sits beside a man in a black jacket with a red tilak. On the far left, a bald, bearded sadhu in orange robes and rudraksha malas sits with a white forehead band. Behind them, a man in glasses and white kurta stands, and a banner of printed photographs of temples and deities hangs on the tent wall, with a yellow-green rope barrier in front and a red-cushioned chair row. Several people are visible, with a white-bearded man and others behind the rope.

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