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A seated row of saffron-robed sannyasis and young disciples sits cross-legged on a white floor in a temple hall, facing a long line of banana leaf plates heaped with food and small brass cups. Many wear orange cloth draped over bare shoulders, with white sacred ash marks on their arms and chests. The man in the foreground has long hair tied in a topknot, rudraksha beads, a mustache, and a small hoop earring. A boy beside him wears a bead garland. An older man in white dhoti and shirt stands at the right, and a yellow-draped table is visible. Behind them, devotees stand in the background near a golden altar.

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