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Inside an orange-draped tent, a man in an orange turban and orange robes with a gold-banded waist wrap and gold bangle stands centre-left, facing a bearded elderly sadhu in a white turban and pale robes wearing a red flower garland and holding a long staff. To the right, a man in a white vest and orange head cloth holds a lit oil lamp or arati dish toward them. Other robed men in saffron and white stand behind, and a shaved-headed monk in orange with rudraksha beads appears at left. Banners with printed text hang on the tent walls. The scene reads as a ritual greeting or aarti at an ashram gathering.

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