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A large indoor hall with a green curtain and carved arched niche behind a seated gathering of devotees in white clothes on a colourful woven mat. A tall elderly man in white shirt and white dhoti stands at right, gazing toward the front, while a woman with a long braid sits in the foreground in white. In the centre, a robed figure in saffron/orange garments stands near the niche, and a man in white bends over a tray of fruit, flowers and a brass bowl placed on the mat. Many seated people in white line the sides, some wearing garlands. Lattice windows and maroon walls frame the hall.

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