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A crowded outdoor ashram scene under a corrugated metal roof beside orange-painted walls with blue and yellow decorated pillars. At centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a red floral garland over an orange-red shawl over orange cloth, with a rudraksha mala, smiles and is greeted closely by devotees. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and orange shawl stands near a bald devotee in white. To the left, a bald man in white with a gold chain and a priest in white with a gold necklace hold their hands in greeting, and a man in white with a lanyard faces away. At right, a woman in an orange-and-white sari with a necklace stands near a woman in cream and red who holds her hands together. Behind them, people in yellow and white stand before a wall with a printed banner and a framed photograph of an elderly man. The scene suggests a public reception or darshan, with the central figure receiving greetings.

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