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A photograph taken indoors at a convention hall, with people in white clothing crowded around a central figure whose back is turned to the camera. The central person wears a large white turban wrapped in a yellow-edged cloth, a white shawl with yellow trim, and a white and purple flower garland around the neck. Facing them, an older man in white kurta with a bare head and grey hair presses his palms together in a greeting. A woman in an orange garment smiles nearby, and a standing fan and a blue plastic crate sit at the edge of the room. Several other men in white shirts and dhotis stand in the background.

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