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A seated satsang gathering in a hall with orange and red fabric overhead and metal railings. In the foreground, a man with a red bindi and a smile sits on the left, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border and sandal-paste marks on his arms and forehead sits in the centre. To the right, a man in a white shirt sits beside a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with gold border, orange shawl and rudraksha mala. Behind them, an older man in a white shirt and other devotees in white, orange and green clothing sit among chained railings and patterned mats. No deity or throne is clearly visible, and no speaker is identifiable in the frame.

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