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A photograph inside a plain peach-painted room at a camp, with several seated saffron-clad sadhus on low wooden tables set with steel plates of marigold garlands. At the far left, a figure in an orange turban with long dark dreadlocks sits facing the room. Beside him, a bald man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits smiling, with another seated sadhu behind. A bald man in orange with white beads sits at the rear. On the right, a woman in a yellow saree with coloured border and bangles stands holding a small bag, while a man with a video camera films and other people in white and red stand nearby, one in a red dupatta. Some people are visible; the seated group and standing visitors are counted in the 6-20 range.

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