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A seated audience of roughly two dozen people sits on a grey carpet in a temple hall facing a standing man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala, speaking with a microphone and a laptop on a low table. Behind him are rows of colourful cloth-wrapped kalasha-style forms and ornate shrines decorated with marigold garlands, a brass pot and offerings of fruit. Attendees wear saris in red, yellow, green and pink and salwar kameez. A printed caption near the right altar reads a name, and the scene appears to be a satsang or discourse. a person: the standing saffron-robed speaker with a mala and short-cropped head is a candidate for the a person figure, though the cues are limited.

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Dozens of people sit on the carpeted floor in rows: children, women in saris and salwar, and men in shirts, many with heads bowed or looking toward the stage.2008-10-22A photograph inside a Hindu temple hall with grey carpet, where a robed figure in saffron-orange clothes and a headcloth sits cross-legged at left beside a small brass tray and flower garlands, facing a seated group of devotees. Among the audience, a man in a white shirt sits near the centre, a woman in a red sari sits behind him, and other seated women wear pink, blue and striped saris. Behind them an ornate altar holds several deity murtis decorated with garlands, brass lamps and a row of colourful cloth-wrapped shoes at left. A seated figure in saffron clothing is at left.2008-10-22A photo inside a Hindu temple hall where a man in saffron-orange robes with a microphone stands before a seated audience of devotees. Behind him is a large deity murti with a dark face and gold crown, decorated with garlands, and a smaller shrine with flower garlands. A row of small figurines in colourful clothing stands at left. Seated devotees wear saris and kurtas in orange, yellow, blue and red; a gold kalasha stands at lower right. The scene suggests a satsang or discourse.A photograph of a temple hall where a seated audience of devotees sits on grey carpet facing a standing man in orange saffron robes holding a microphone, with garlands on his neck. Beside him a woman in orange sari also stands. Behind them is a large deity murti in green and gold draped with white and garlands. On the right a gold-and-brass altar is decorated with flower garlands, fruit offerings and brass oil lamps. On the left a wall displays rows of small colourful cloth-clad figures. 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