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A large outdoor crowd of devotees sits packed on wooden and metal platforms, many with hands folded in namaste. Most wear white kurtas or salwar kameez with red dupattas or shawls. A young boy in a yellow shirt stands atop a wooden cart, and a man in a green t-shirt sits nearby. A woman in a purple headscarf and white clothes is at the left edge. A wooden cart has a sign reading 'Jai Mata Di' and a faded blue placard. A yellow vehicle at the right displays 'Jai Shree Ram'. The scene appears to be a gathering of devotees at an open-air event.

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