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A large festive hall with a white tent ceiling hung with colourful tasselled lanterns and paper decorations. In the centre foreground a bearded man with a tall red and gold turban, orange-red robes, and a long trident stands beside a silver-rimmed ceremonial drum on a raised platform, facing a dense crowd. Hundreds of seated devotees fill the floor in white, orange, saffron and blue clothing, many with hands folded. Two large screens on either side show a crowd photo in pink and white. a person is the man with the trident and turban, with the probable cues being the saffron and red robes, rudraksha-style adornments, and trident, while he appears to be leading the gathering. The crowd is too large to count precisely.

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