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A large seated congregation in a hall during a satsang gathering. Front row devotees wear white dhotis and kurtas with red-orange shawls and tilak marks on their foreheads; several hold hands folded in anjali. A bald man in the centre front wears a green-and-red beaded mala and a gold wristwatch, and a man in front right wears a red shawl and red beaded mala. Behind them rows of seated people in white and red clothing fill the room, with banners on the wall behind them and a painted deity mural at the upper right. No single leader is clearly visible in the frame.

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