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Seated devotees in a plain whitewashed hall listen attentively toward the front. Most wear white or cream clothing: men in white shirts and dhotis, women in white sarees with gold borders, one woman in a blue saree and another in a red-and-white checked top with a rust-coloured shawl. They sit on a red-orange mat, some with notebooks and bags beside them. A lattice window with orange curtains admits light at the back wall, and a white door stands at the left. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person in this frame.

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