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A wide photograph of a seated group performing a ritual in a covered hall with a corrugated roof and orange-painted walls. Many people sit cross-legged on mats and rugs, mostly in white dhotis and shawls, with several men in saffron-orange robes in the foreground. Brass plates with oil lamps, flowers and small brass vessels sit on orange cloths before them. A video camera on a tripod stands at left beside a red carpet, and tall decorative banners hang from the ceiling. The left and foreground figures are in orange robes, one man in a white shirt with a shaved head and another in white clothing with folded hands at right. Several people in white saris and white dhotis sit at the far rows. The scene looks like a group satsang or puja, and a fuller count of attendees is not visible.

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