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A photograph at an indoor Bhagavad Gita Dhyana Satsang. A young man in a cream-coloured turban and a red and gold silk garment with a blue waist cloth stands at right, pressing a small mark of sacred ash or kumkum to the forehead of an older bald man in a white dhoti and shawl with red-and-gold border. Several devotees in white dhotis and shirts stand behind them with palms pressed together in namaskar or folded hands, and a man at left has his eyes closed in prayer. A cameraman films from the right. Behind them hangs a purple banner reading Bhagavad Gita Dhyana Satsang. Roughly 8 to 10 people are visible.

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