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Night photograph of a crowd gathered outside a white and red tented structure with a red-framed doorway and orange drapes. A bearded man with long grey hair wears a red robe and a red beaded mala necklace, standing in the foreground among devotees. Many people in saffron, red, orange and white clothing crowd around, some holding up phones to film. An ornate umbrella with silver fringe is held above the crowd at left, and a round white satellite-style dish with red lettering sits on a pole at upper right. Several people appear to be in the crowd; count of visible people is well above twenty.

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