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A large satsang gathering in an indoor hall with pale walls and draped orange and multicoloured fabric hangings overhead. Many people, mostly men in white ritual clothes and some in white with orange or gold trim, sit cross-legged on mats and raise their arms and palms upward in devotion. A few wear rudraksha malas and gold necklaces; one man in a pale shirt sits on a chair at the right. Behind them a wall backdrop shows a portrait of a figure in orange, and a canopied orange seat stands at the right edge. The scene is a crowded guided meditation or satsang.

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