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Indoor hall with pink walls and red curtains where a seated group of devotees in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls sit on mats in rows, with banana leaves and small oil lamps before them. A woman in a white sari with a gold border and a white head covering stands at right, holding a plastic bag. A framed portrait of a saffron-clad figure hangs on the upper right wall and a gilded framed portrait sits at left. Several other people stand or sit near the back, and a man in white takes photographs near the center. A man in a shawl eats from a leaf at lower left. The scene appears to be a communal meal or ritual gathering.

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