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Night photograph at an outdoor event with string lights and yellow and orange flags overhead. In the centre, a bearded man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and a white and green flower garland, with a red wristband, and is being adorned by a man in a red-orange robe with long hair and a beard who is placing the garland around his neck. Several people in dark jackets, a uniformed officer and onlookers stand behind, one holding up a phone. The centre figure has a robe and garland consistent with a sannyasi being honoured; the garland-placing figure is a devotee or sannyasi. a person cues are not strong enough to confirm identity, so the centre man is described by role only.

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