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Photograph of an indoor hall with a long striped multicolored runner down the center aisle, flanked by rows of people seated on red-cushioned black chairs and on striped mats. A man with long dark hair and a full beard stands at the end of the runner in a saffron-orange robe, arms slightly open as if speaking. Around him, people in white dhotis and white shirts sit or stand, and a cameraman on the left films with a tripod-mounted camera. A large screen on the right shows a portrait. Ceiling fans and fluorescent lights hang above, and bags and belongings lie on the mats along the sides.