A photograph of a large seated gathering of young people in saffron-orange robes and orange head wraps, many wearing beaded necklaces and white or ash markings on their foreheads, sitting on the floor of a covered open-air hall with red walls and wooden pillars. A man in orange robes stands at center beside a stone pillar with a brass vessel and a small book on a stone ledge, next to an ornately carved wooden throne-like seat on the right. A video camera on a tripod is set up near the standing man. The seated participants have their hands pressed together or raised in a devotional posture. No person is clearly identifiable as the a person from appearance; the carved seat is unoccupied.

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