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A group of about twenty adults and children stand in rows on orange mats inside a plain, whitewashed hall with a tiled floor and a tiled roof supported by white pillars. A woman in white clothes with an orange sash kneels at the front left, arms extended forward with palms out, leading the practice. Participants wear white, cream, pink and blue salwar and sarees, and a man on the right wears a white shirt and white dhoti with a red beaded necklace. A small framed deity picture hangs on the back wall beside an orange drape, and a black mat in front bears a printed logo. The scene reads as a group exercise session.

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