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Outdoor gathering beneath a large banyan tree with dense hanging aerial roots, where a crowd of devotees sits on a flat rock platform. Most attendees wear white clothing, with women in white and cream saris or salwar and men in white shirts and dhotis, while a few wear coloured shirts. Near the centre, a tall decorated stone or ornamented lingam-like structure stands with orange and saffron cloth and garlands. Several sannyasis in saffron and orange robes sit in front, and a few standing figures in white attend near the central structure. Strings of white flower garlands hang on the right beside the tree trunk. The seated crowd is large, and the image is a photo of an outdoor puja-style satsang.

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