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Outdoor photo of a seated meditation gathering in a temple-garden courtyard with black stone deity sculptures and palm trees behind. In the foreground, a man in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back hair sits cross-legged on a low wooden platform, hands folded, eyes closed; a garland of marigolds and red flowers hangs on the nearby black stone sculpture. Several people in white, yellow and orange garments sit meditating on the sand-and-gravel ground behind him, including a woman in an orange-bordered sari. A brass kalasha-style pot sits on the ground, and white and grey pigeons peck at the sand. A white rangoli-style kolam is drawn in the lower left corner. Six or more people are visible in total. The man is presented in the saffron robe with long hair and a rudraksha-style garland cue but his identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.

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