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A row of saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees seated cross-legged on a yellow floor at long low wooden tables with brass-rimmed legs, eating from plates of rice and sweets in a red-and-white tented pavilion decorated with marigold garlands and diamond-shaped ornaments. Several men wear orange robes, one wears a rust-coloured turban, and the man at right in orange with a rudraksha mala and shaved head sits with hands near his plate. A woman in orange wearing a head covering sits in the middle of the row. Bowls, cups and small dishes are set before each seat along a white-draped table edge.

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