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A dense crowd of devotees seated in rows at a large gathering, most wearing white kurta-style clothes and orange-red head cloths or shawls draped over their heads. Many have hands raised to their heads in a meditative or devotional gesture, eyes closed. A few men wear rudraksha malas, and one person in the middle right wears a green kurta. Some devotees have red tilak marks on their foreheads. The foreground is blurred with more heads and orange cloths. No single leader is clearly identifiable among the seated devotees.

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