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A large group of women and some men stand with palms pressed together in namaste under a open-sided wooden pavilion decorated with hanging colourful tasselled fabric banners and green leaf strands. Among them, a woman in a red kurta with a gold dupatta, a woman in a pink and blue printed salwar, and a woman in a white kurta and grey wrap stand near the front, with golden-yellow carved pillars and a golden shrine structure behind them. Two large screens are mounted on the pavilion walls, and a sign reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham Temple area. Many people appear devoted and attentive.

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