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A large tented gathering at night, with two long rows of seated devotees in saffron and orange robes facing a central aisle of bare sandy ground. Many wear orange or yellow turbans and some have grey beards; a few younger boys in white and orange sit near the front. Hanging string lights and orange tent walls surround the hall, and a person in white sits among the rows at the left. No clear figure can be confidently matched to a person from appearance, so no candidate is asserted.

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