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A large outdoor gathering of seated devotees with palms pressed together in namaskar before a dark stone temple wall with a carved lion-face relief. Foreground at left, a bald man in saffron robes with a gold neck garland stands beside a monk in saffron with a rudraksha mala, facing the crowd. Many people in white dhotis and white shirts, some in yellow or orange, sit closely packed on bare ground. Bamboo poles and a wooden frame rise at right, and a camera operator stands at lower left.

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