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Inside a plain white-walled hall with a corrugated roof and a striped mat on the floor, a group of men in white dhotis and shirts stands in a semicircle with hands folded in greeting. Facing them is a seated figure in an orange-saffron robe with dark hair, seen from behind, at a blue-draped table holding books, magazines and water bottles. A man in a checked shirt and dhoti stands at the left, and an electric fan sits at the right edge. The scene reads as a reception or darshan-style greeting at a small gathering space.

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