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Night outdoor satsang on a stone ghat in Varanasi. A woman in a teal and cream patterned sari stands at left holding a microphone and speaking, with a studio light and a camera on a tripod nearby. Seated on a mat in the centre, a man with long curly hair and a full beard wears a saffron/orange robe with a rudraksha mala and sits with a gold-trimmed cloth draped over his lap; a flower garland lies before him. Beside him sit other saffron-clad monks and a white-robed devotee. Behind them, a man in a white kurta holds a microphone, and a large saffron ceremonial umbrella with fringe is at upper right. Behind the seated group, a crowd of roughly 30 people in white and saffron sits in rows, and a red and white temple shikhara stands in the background. Under the umbrella, a figure in a saffron robe is partially visible.

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