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Night outdoor reception at a roadside with several people in red-orange and white ritual attire. Two men hold large red umbrellas overhead. A long-haired man in an orange-red robe and gold necklace extends his hands toward an older man in orange clothing with a shaved head, rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark, who holds a decorated tray of flowers and greenery at a parked car. Men in white dhotis and rudraksha malas stand around, one at right in white with a red-bordered cloth. A roadside sign reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Swamiji (probable) cues: the long-haired man in orange-red robes and gold necklace.

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