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Wide photo of a large indoor hall packed with a seated audience, many hundreds of people in white dhotis and shirts, saris in green, maroon and blue, and a few in saffron. Plastic red chairs fill the floor and some cushioned seats sit near a red carpet at the front right. A woman in an orange sari sits in the front-right row. Overhead fans and rectangular ceiling lights hang above, with orange and saffron flags along the walls. A video screen on a stand shows a speaker, and a cameraman with a tripod works at the right edge. The crowd faces the stage at the far end of the hall.