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Inside a white-roofed tent with green matting, a bald man in red-saffron dhoti and shawl with a gold-and-beaded necklace stands among a group of photographers and staff holding cameras and phones. Foreground small wooden tables hold steel plates of marigold garlands and offerings, and a bottled water. On the right, a seated sadhu with a saffron turban, bare upper body and long dark hair sits on a red patterned rug facing the offerings. Several saffron-robed attendants and a white-clad man stand in the background beside purple-patterned drapery. Cameras, lanyards and blue-striped bags are visible. Exact count of people visible is about nine to ten.

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