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Large orange-draped tent filled with saffron-robed sadhus and devotees standing close together. In the foreground, an elderly bearded sadhu with a long grey beard and a saffron turban and shawl stands beside a woman in a saffron sari wearing rudraksha beads, with a younger turbaned sadhu and a clean-shaven man in orange kurta nearby. Metal plates with food or offerings sit on the ground at the right, and a man in orange kurta bends down to serve or arrange them. Striped tent poles and a red-and-white canopy overhead. Several people in the background wear rudraksha malas and white or orange clothing. No individual is clearly identifiable as the Paramahamsa from appearance alone.

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