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A seated congregation of women in a wood-panelled hall, many holding small brass oil lamps or diyas with lit flames, some with hands pressed in anjali. Foreground: a woman in white with a dark beaded mala, a woman in a pink sari with orange trim and a vermilion mark on her forehead with hands folded, and a woman in a grey-and-white leopard-print top with an orange lanyard reading eyes closed. Others wear white saris and rudraksha-style malas, and a woman in an orange sari sits near the back. Setting suggests satsang or darshan, with a patterned carpet and bags on the floor.

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