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A large indoor convention hall at night, with a red carpeted floor and rows of seated delegates in saris and white and colourful clothing. In the foreground a bearded man in a pale green turban and white embroidered kurta stretches his arm out toward a delegate in a red-and-orange checked shirt, appearing to give blessings or darshan. Strings of small triangular yellow and orange flags hang from the ceiling, and bright stage lights illuminate the tent. Several people sit on mats in the middle distance and white cloth and bottles lie on the floor. a person: the bearded man wears a turban and an embroidered kurta, a sannyasi-style presentation consistent with the page's claim, but the face-free appearance cues are not distinctive enough to confirm identity, so the subject is treated as uncertain.

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