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Photograph of an indoor hall with wood-paneled walls and a vaulted ceiling, rows of folding chairs filled with seated attendees facing a stage. On stage a figure in orange clothing sits in a cream upholstered armchair before a projection screen, flanked by brass candlesticks with lit oil lamps. Tall cloth-covered pillars decorated with colourful embroidered patterns, elephants and floral motifs frame the room. A woman in a teal sari stands to the left near a table, and a man in white sits at the far right by a laptop. Attendees wear saris, salwar kameez and casual clothes; a bald man in orange stands at the left edge. A video camera on a tripod is visible at the right.

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