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A seated congregation of roughly two dozen devotees faces a shrine in a temple hall. A standing man in saffron-orange robes speaks at the centre, a microphone in front of him, beside a decorated altar with garlanded deity murtis and a brass lamp. Behind the devotees, a wall of rows of folded orange, red and multicoloured cloths is stacked on the left. Devotees wear saris and salwar kameez in pink, green, orange and blue, and several men wear white shirts. A large speaker stands at the far left and a white drape hangs behind the stage. The scene reads as a satsang or discourse with the speaker appearing as a probable Swamiji candidate based on saffron robes and visible presentation.

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