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A large hall with rows of seated devotees meditating on blue-and-white striped mats in front of red chairs. Foreground men wear white kurtas and saffron-and-white dhotis, one with a rudraksha mala; a man in a lilac kurta with a rudraksha mala sits with eyes closed beside a man in a blue striped shirt and dark trousers. Behind them, rows of seated participants wear white, pink, green and checked shirts. Name badges are pinned to several shirts. Red curtains and white bollards line the back of the hall, and a few people sit in the far distance. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.

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