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A large tented hall decorated with rows of colourful cylindrical streamers and hanging oil lamps under a white ceiling. Acrobats in shorts and bare torsos form a human pyramid on the floor, with several men balancing on shoulders and arms while a standing man in a white dhoti and shawl with a microphone announces the act. A dense audience sits cross-legged on the floor in front, with a large screen showing a live feed at left. A camera boom extends in from the right. The scene suggests a live programme in a satsang-style hall, with the human pyramid as the central performance and the oil lamps as decorative hanging elements rather than a ritual fire.

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