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A photograph of a kabaddi-style contest on a dirt ground at an outdoor ashram event, with tall coconut palms and rows of saffron and orange flags on poles behind. Several young men in white vests and light shorts stand ready on the sand, one in the foreground mid-stride with a green wristband. A large crowd of spectators in white shirts, white dhotis and saris watches from the sides, with a few women in pink and yellow saris among them. No individual is identifiable as a person in this image.

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