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Outdoor ritual gathering under a red, gold and cream patterned canopy on green grass. A seated figure in orange robes wears a long white and red flower garland and a white vertical forehead mark, eyes lowered. Behind them a man in an orange vest and white-bearded devotees in saffron and orange stand; a central-left man in a red shirt and orange-wrapped head holds a silver trident aloft. A bald priest in orange with a gold necklace presses his palms together beside a shaved-headed man. Orange marigold garlands and a brass offering plate rest on the grass in front. A man in grey with a pink-and-white checked shawl sits on the right. Several dozen people fill the background, many in saffron and orange robes and rudraksha malas. A printed portrait-style caption at the bottom right reads a copyright notice.

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Outdoor ritual gathering on grass beneath a pink and red canopy with bamboo poles. In the foreground, a figure in orange robes with a white floral garland sits cross-legged, holding a small offering dish. Beside him, a bald man in orange with a rudraksha mala kneels with palms pressed together. A man in grey cap and pink-and-white shawl sits before a tray of marigold flowers and offerings. Behind them, many saffron-clad sadhus, some with white beards and orange turbans, stand in a crowd, and a cameraman films the scene. A bearded figure in orange with a long rudraksha mala and a bare chest, another in a red robe with mala beads, and a person in orange with a white turban stand among the onlookers.2013-02-12 +3 copiesOutdoor ritual gathering of saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees around a seated central figure wearing a white-and-red flower garland and a horizontal white tilak, seated on the grass with hands folded in an attitude of reverence. 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