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Night-time outdoor gathering at an ashram courtyard in front of a reddish-brown building with air-conditioning units. A large crowd of men in white dhotis and white shirts stands with raised arms and hands, many in dancing or swaying motion. One man in the foreground right holds a golden trident (trishul) aloft. Several figures wear red and gold garments and marigold garlands. A man in a white shirt sits at the lower centre behind a red-draped table decorated with flowers. A man in the lower left wears a white shirt and dhoti and claps. The a person candidate is not clearly identifiable among the crowd, so no in-person identification is made.

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