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A night-time photo of a crowd in a narrow passage beside a bookshop stall with shelves of colourful religious books and calendars. A central figure with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange sleeveless robe, a long rudraksha mala and a gold chain, and smiles while gesturing with his hand. He is surrounded by men in white shirts and dhotis, one wearing a red-and-white garland, a bearded man in orange, and a uniformed police officer in a khaki cap in the right foreground. A Tamil sign reads Sri Kamakoti book centre above the stall. The page excerpt describes a Pattanam event, but that is unverified from the image.

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