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Night outdoor event in front of a gold draped backdrop and a large banner with a portrait and Tamil text. A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands centre, holding a silver tray of flowers, a lit lamp and a pink flower offering, hands folded. To her right a man in white kurta holds a white tray of white and red flower garlands. Other men in white dhoti and shirts with dark rudraksha-style malas stand behind, and a few more people are visible at the left edge, in an aarti-like pooja setting for the Bhagavad Gita satsang. No identifiable a person candidate is visible among those present, and the portrait on the banner is printed, not a physical person.

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