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A group of saffron-clad sadhus and devotees gather in a temple hall with a wooden beamed ceiling. At the centre, a bearded man in a dark turban with a red tilak wears a red-and-white flower garland and a gold pendant necklace, smiling with his arm bent. Around him, shirtless men with rudraksha malas, orange shawls and white and gold beads stand with tilak marks, while a woman with a red forehead mark stands among them. A bald man in white is visible at the right edge. a person: the central man wears a dark turban, a flower garland, a gold pendant and ceremonial ornaments in a temple setting, with a sadhu group around him.

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