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A plain whitewashed hall with a concrete floor and metal ceiling fans. A seated figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and bare shaved head sits at the head of a long metal table, with a banana leaf placed before each seat. Around the table, several people in white dhotis and white shirts sit, and a woman in a white head covering sits among them. Two people in white stand at left with palms pressed together, and a woman in white stands at right near the windows. A standing man in white with an orange cloth over his shoulder stands behind the seated figure. At left, a framed portrait of a seated figure in orange robes sits on a red-draped stand flanked by brass lamps. A painted picture of a blue-skinned seated figure hangs on the wall above.

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