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A group of men and monastics sit on the floor on a large blue sheet with pink and yellow floral prints, arranged in a wide circle inside a plain white-walled hall with tall windows. Many wear saffron, orange and red robes, and several wear orange turbans or headwraps. Water bottles sit along the cloth edge. A man in a blue shirt with an orange shawl sits near the centre of the circle, speaking to the group, while a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl sits at the left foreground. Green leaves hang over the doorway.

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