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A very large outdoor crowd of seated devotees fills an open ground under a clear sky. Many women wear red, orange and yellow saris and head coverings, and several men wear white caps and pale shirts. A man in a pink shirt holds a newspaper, and some people sit in wheelchairs at the front-left. A white domed building stands in the background among trees, with loudspeakers on poles and a rope-tied pole at right. Yellow and pink banners are visible at the edges.

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