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A long stage event at night with a row of saffron-robed sadhus and sannyasis seated behind silver-edged brass offering trays heaped with orange flowers. Several wear orange or red turbans; one in the centre wears a large rudraksha mala and a red turban. Behind them stands a shrine with an ornate silver and gold deity murti, a lit lamp, red drapes and tall silver kalasha-style finials. In the foreground, audience members in white clothes sit facing the stage, and a digital clock on the left shows 12 09 2015 7:54 PM. A single bare-torsoed figure with an orange cloth on his head sits at the edge of the front row, partly visible.

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