A crowded indoor tent event with a red carpet and rows of hanging decorative tassels along the ceiling. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and white shirt with a red-and-saffron shawl and an orange lanyard stands at left, pointing ahead with his arm extended over a long wooden pole held by the crowd. Behind the pole, a dense group of devotees kneels and sits, including a woman in a blue floral sari, a young man in a checked shirt, men in red and purple shirts, and women in pink and green saris, many looking upward toward the front. On the right, two people in white dhoti and white shawls with gold borders stand near the barrier, one wearing gold-beaded necklaces. Nearly everyone is looking toward the front of the tent. Photographers and phones are raised in the background.

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