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A large outdoor pandal with a white fabric canopy shows a dense crowd of hundreds seated and standing on a red carpet facing a stage. In the front rows, men in white shirts and dhotis and women in sarees sit on red-cushioned chairs, several wearing orange and saffron shawls and rosette-style badges. A man in a saffron robe stands near the middle of the crowd. At lower right, camera operators and a cameraman in a checked shirt film the gathering. Blue and white draped banners line the sides of the tent, and a brass vessel and a pedestal fan sit in the foreground.