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A night-time outdoor crowd gathers under street lamps with dark trees behind. Many devotees wear white clothing with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands in the centre-left, clasping hands with a bespectacled man holding a video camera. To the right, a bald elderly man and another older man wear orange shawls and rudraksha-style necklaces, while a woman with a white tilak on her forehead and orange garments stands at the lower right. Several people look toward the centre, forming a dense, lively gathering. No one clearly stands out as a figure of a person with distinctive presentation cues.

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