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A courtyard gathering of Hindu monastics and devotees. On the left, a person with long dark hair wears an orange robe with a red-trimmed border and gestures with raised hands while speaking. Beside them, a shaved-headed monk in a pale salmon-orange cloth stands with hands clasped. Next are two older monks in orange robes with hands folded, and in the centre a bald monk in orange clasps his hands. On the right, a person with long curly hair in a pink-orange shawl over orange robes stands with hands folded, and a monk in orange with a rudraksha mala gestures with joined palms. Behind them, young men in white kurtas wear yellow shawls and white dhotis stand near a wall with a black board listing names and a brass bell hanging. Nobody here is identified by appearance; the page does not place a person at this event.

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