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A dense crowd of devotees sits and stands in a plain whitewashed hall with green-painted lower walls during an evening satsang at Salem, Tamil Nadu. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti and shirt sits cross-legged, and a woman in a yellow saree and another in a blue-and-green saree sit with elderly women in pastel saris. A bearded man in a checked shirt and a man in a pink-and-white plaid shirt sit among them. Behind them, people in white clothes stand near a doorway with a green-and-white grille and a strand of green foliage. Several rows of attendees fill the room, and some people in the back are partially visible.

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