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A large crowd of devotees sits on white plastic chairs under a white tented pavilion during an outdoor event. On a stage at the far end, a man in white stands at a lectern with a microphone and camera stand, while a row of people sits behind a draped table decorated with yellow and orange garlands; among them, several figures wear saffron/orange robes. Behind the stage hangs a large banner with a Kannada-language heading and portrait photos along its top edge. Lamps and a brass kalasha-style lamp stand at the side of the stage, and a sign on a pole warns of photography and mobile phone restrictions. Strings of orange and yellow flowers wrap the tent poles. Several people in the front rows wear white and saffron clothing, and a woman in the foreground has a yellow flower in her hair.