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Photograph of a large group of devotees in rust-orange and saffron robes gathered in a sunlit courtyard before a red-painted wall. In the foreground a woman in a rust-red sari with a gold border and a dark rudraksha mala stands with a hand on her hip, looking toward the camera. Beside her a woman in a brown-orange sari with a long mala holds her hands together. Behind them shaven-headed sannyasis in orange cloth and women with hair pulled back stand, several smiling and some chatting. Watermarked copyright text appears at lower right, which is not transcribed. Roughly thirty people are visible.

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