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A seated group at an indoor satsang gathering, with mostly men in white and pale clothes. In the centre a man with short dark hair and rimless glasses wears a white dhoti-style cloth over his shoulder, a rudraksha mala around his neck, a gold chain, gold bangles and a ring. He holds a small silver spoon near a gold ring on his other hand. To his left a man in a blue plaid shirt and jeans sits with a bracelet, and to the right a man in a cream striped shirt watches. Other seated devotees in white shirts fill the background.

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