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A photograph of a hall set up for a volunteers conference. On a stage draped with a large black plastic sheet stands a large brown portrait of a man wearing a turban and a beard, flanked by two brass oil lamps and a white-draped platform with a tiger-skin rug and a vase of white lilies. A man in a light grey t-shirt and blue apron stands in front of the stage, facing it. To the right, another man in a brown jacket and white trousers stands with hands pressed together near a table where a seated person works at laptops. A colourful patterned textile hangs on the right side of the stage, and a projector screen is mounted on the wall above.

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A photograph inside a wood-panelled hall with a large black plastic backdrop bearing a glossy printed portrait of a man in a white turban and dark-rimmed glasses, seated beside a carved wooden couch with cushions and a striped tiger-skin rug on a white draped platform. A woman in an orange sari with dark hair stands at the platform, beside a woman in a grey-green t-shirt and white apron with hair in a bun. On the left, a man in white clothes and a white head-wrap walks past. On the right, a smiling man in a brown hooded jacket and white trousers stands with palms pressed together in greeting. A brass oil lamp stands near the platform, and colourful patterned fabric hangs on the pillars. Equipment sits on a table at the back right.2006-04-02A photograph of a hall with wood-panelled walls and a small raised platform. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala is shaking hands with a woman in a white t-shirt and light jeans. 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