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A large crowd of devotees sits on the floor of a decorated tent hall with white walls and a ceiling hung with colourful tassels, paper lanterns and round hanging lamps. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a beard, wearing an orange-red robe, sits on a red-cushioned throne-like seat and speaks into a microphone while facing the audience. Many attendees wear white, pink, red and green saris, kurtas and shawls; some hold their hands together. Two large projection screens flank the stage, and a dark wooden cabinet stands at the left edge. Crowd size is in the hundreds.

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