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A seated audience of devotees with white cloth blindfolds across their eyes fills a hall facing a stage. A standing figure in orange robes stands center stage before a white chair and a small table, with a large projector screen to the left. Behind the stage hangs a red drapery with blue and white striped side curtains, and a banner reads "கல்பதரு" with a portrait of a smiling woman in orange. A yellow carpet with patterned borders runs down the aisle between white plastic chairs. Several people in white and yellow clothing sit in the front rows, and staff in white stand near the stage edges. a person is not clearly identifiable from appearance, so the figure is described by role as a person in orange robes.

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