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A photograph inside an orange-draped tent at a devotional gathering. A man in a white shirt and glasses holds a steel thali tray with small bowls, while a young attendant in saffron robes and a yellow-orange marigold garland stands beside a table. A seated figure in saffron and a rust-coloured turban wears a marigold garland and sits with hands folded in front of a wooden table. Several women in orange and saffron shawls and an elderly man in a striped shirt stand or sit nearby, and onlookers crowd the right side. A water bottle sits on the table in the foreground.

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