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Photograph of a seated stage gathering in front of a large backdrop showing elephants. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a full beard wears a red-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, holding a microphone near his face. Beside him an older bald man with a tilak wears saffron robes and a beaded mala, and another bald man in saffron robes with glasses presses his palms together. A man in a cream vest, white kurta and grey Gandhi-style cap bends forward toward the seated sannyasis, holding a small card in one hand. A staff member in a white shirt with an orange lanyard stands at left, and a bearded man in white stands in the background. Several people are visible in the scene.

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