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A group of sadhus in saffron and orange robes and shawls stands and sits on a green carpet indoors beside a pale wall and a backdrop of painted forest scenery. Several wear orange turbans or headwraps, and one man in the centre wears a pink-and-saffron head cloth with a rudraksha mala. Older bearded men in orange sit at right, one in an orange cap, and a man with matted locks sits in the lower right foreground. Some hold small items and rudraksha malas hang on several chests.

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