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A large outdoor gathering under a white tent canopy decorated with red, orange and green bunting and hanging paper lanterns. Dense rows of seated people fill the frame, mostly monastics in saffron-orange robes, with women in colourful saris on the right and men in white shirts behind. A metal barrier divides the front rows; a cameraman with a video camera stands at the left edge, and a man in a brown suit sits near the front left. Several figures have shaved heads and some wear rudraksha beads. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone.