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A large hall with rows of seated devotees on red floor mats along both sides of a central aisle lined with stanchions and a white runner. A figure with long dark hair in a saffron-orange shawl and reddish-orange dhoti with yellow border walks down the middle toward the front. Many attendees in white and light clothing sit cross-legged; a few men stand near the side walls. Red curtains hang on the windows, a gilded altar stand appears at the far left, and a small screen is visible at the back. Swamiji (probable), a figure with long hair in orange-saffron wrap and dhoti, walking the aisle as a central presence.

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