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A photograph of a darshan gathering in an indoor hall with cream walls and dark wooden doors. At centre, a man in a red-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a red-orange turban, a heavy orange-beaded necklace with a pendant, and gold armlets, walks forward smiling and receives flowers from devotees. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in an orange-red garment with gold-banded waist cloth and a rudraksha mala holds a silver-edged tray. Devotees line both sides in white clothes, some holding pink and red roses and gladioli, others with palms pressed together in namaste. Flower petals are scattered on the floor.

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