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A photograph of seated devotees in orange and saffron robes at a long row of low golden-trimmed tables set with silver and brass bowls, cups and plates. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and a full beard wears an orange robe and a beaded mala. Beside him, a bare-chested man with long hair, a saffron-brown head wrap and a rudraksha mala sits with his hands clasped and smiles; the figure has distinctive long hair, a head wrap and beaded adornment, but the appearance is not sufficiently conclusive to confirm identity. Further along, a woman in an orange shawl and two shaved-headed men in orange robes sit at the tables, with more people seated behind them.

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