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A crowded tent interior with green carpet and pink and yellow draped fabric overhead. In the centre, a long-haired man in a red-orange shawl and red garment wears a layered white beaded necklace and smiles while standing among devotees. Two men in white dhotis stand to the right, and a bare-chested man in white with a striped border holds his hands together. Two devotees prostrate on the carpet in the foreground: one in white with a head covering, another in grey with a white head wrap. Saffron-robed sannyasis with rudraksha malas stand around them, and a man in a grey shirt and dark waist apron stands at left. The central figure has long swept-back hair, a distinctive chain necklace and saffron-red clothing, which is a candidate match with appearance cues for a person, though the identification is uncertain.

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