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A photograph of a crowded indoor hall during a celebration, with a tall, smiling man in a red-and-gold turban and gold necklaces at centre, wearing a cream and gold shawl. He holds a silver plate of white sweets and offers a piece to a child whose cupped hands reach toward him. Around him, saffron-clad sannyasis wear rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, and a crowd of children and adults watches. Plates of fried snacks sit in the lower left.

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Indoor photo of a Deepavali-style sweets distribution. A central figure in a maroon-brown and cream-gold sari-style garment, a dark red-and-gold turban with a white flower ornament, layered gold necklaces with a large gold pendant, and gold bangles extends her right arm to offer sweets to outstretched hands at the bottom of the frame. She is flanked by bald men in saffron-orange robes wearing rudraksha malas, one holding a steel tray of white cubed sweets and another with a tray of laddus. Women in orange and maroon saris stand behind, and a young girl in orange appears at right. A red-and-orange backdrop with a temple illustration and the word Celebrations sits at upper right.2013-11-02November 02 20132013-11-02Indoor photo at a KAILASA event hall with red curtains and white walls. 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