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Outdoor ceremonial gathering under a red and gold canopy decorated with green and orange circular ornaments and fringed valances. A banner on the left reads 'Sri Gurudev' with Kannada text and a portrait. Several men in saffron robes stand on a raised stage; a bald elder in saffron sits in front, with a tall figure in saffron and a long-haired figure in saffron with a crown-like headdress near the centre. Men in white dhotis and shirts stand nearby, and a pink draped backdrop and a sign reading 'Hidadi Police Station' appear to the right. A framed portrait of a bald saffron-robed man hangs on a pole at the right edge. Crowd members in dark clothing and a photographer with a camera stand in the foreground, with marigold garlands and flowers at the lower left.

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