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Indoor photo taken from the back of a room with a sloped wooden ceiling and fluorescent lights. In the foreground, the heads of seated attendees are visible, including one person in a blue jacket on the left and one in a red striped sweater on the right. On a raised stage at the front, a large life-size figure wearing a tan turban and a cream-coloured robe stands beside a wooden chair, with a dark draped backdrop behind. Colourful tall striped banners flank the stage, and small floral arrangements and cushions sit on the floor. A portrait-style figure on the stage has a turban and is presented as a depiction, not as a physical person; the stage figure's identity is not established from appearance.

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Indoor gathering in a wood-panelled hall where a seated crowd faces a small stage. A figure in white with a crown-like turban and white clothing stands before a large dark backdrop bearing a painted portrait of a man wearing a yellow turban. Several people in white stand and sit near the stage, a brass ritual lamp stands at the right, and a carved wooden pillar with colourful patterned fabric and tassels frames the room. Audience members in casual clothing sit on the floor in the foreground. Cameras on tripods film the event.2006-04-01A photograph of a seated audience in rows of folding chairs inside a wood-panelled hall with ceiling fans and fluorescent lights. Many attendees are seen from behind, wearing casual clothes in white, green, blue, grey and beige. At the front, a man in a white kurta stands near the stage. 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