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Outdoor satsang inside an orange tent with a green floor, crowded with seated devotees listening to a talk. In the foreground, an older bearded man with white hair and a white beard wears an orange robe and has tilak marks on his forehead. Beside him, a man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala wears a white shirt and sits cross-legged with eyes closed. At right, a bearded sadhu with long matted hair and white ash marks on his forehead wears a yellow dhoti and a brown shawl, and a man in a red wrap sits with hands folded near a projector and chair. Behind them, more seated men and women in white, orange and grey clothing fill the tent, with a hazy open area and a few people walking outside through the opening.

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