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A dense outdoor crowd moves along a dusty dirt road toward a pink-and-cream gateway decorated with a large blue banner reading a Sanskrit-style Hindi title and showing painted religious figures. Orange saffron flags on poles and a hanging portrait banner show a bearded saint in orange robes. Men in white dhotis and kurtas, women in red and orange saris, and saffron-clad sadhus walk among volunteers in yellow safety vests and orange-banded caps. Several videographers with cameras stand in the foreground. Bare trees, tents and a small shrine-like structure fill the background.

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