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Indoor teachers' training session in a wood-panelled hall with a large projection screen. A figure with long dark hair in an orange robe and beaded necklaces sits on an ornate red-and-gold chair on a raised platform, flanked by brass ceremonial lamps (stands) and a small monitor. Around the room, a seated audience sits on the floor, including women in saris and salwar kameez in teal, red and gold, a woman in a yellow top, and men in white and dark clothes. A standing man in a grey jacket stands near the platform and a camera operator with curly hair in a floral dress stands at right. Painted decorative columns frame the stage. The figure on the chair appears to be a person, with long swept-back hair and a saffron robe with rudraksha-style beads, seated as the teacher.

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