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A group of people seated cross-legged on green and teal mats in a bare white-walled room with barred windows. Several men wear orange saffron robes, and one man on the left wears a red shawl. A bearded man in orange robes with a red shawl and rudraksha mala sits at center right, and a younger man in an orange turban and rudraksha mala sits beside him, both facing each other in conversation. Water bottles sit on the mat. On the right wall hangs a framed portrait of a man in an orange turban and red garment, and a small orange flag and flowers rest by the window.

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