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Outdoor satsang and homa gathering in an ashram courtyard. In the right foreground, seated devotees in white and red shawls face a raised dais where a man in a saffron-orange robe sits on a golden throne flanked by lion figures, wearing a gold-coloured necklace and a garland, with a trident stand behind him. Brass lamp stands with oil lamps and golden ceremonial standards frame the scene. On the left, a deity murti is decorated with garlands, and a man in orange holds a microphone while speaking to the seated crowd. A shaved-headed man in orange stands near the left backdrop, and another attendant in orange is at the right throne. Seated devotees in white and red shawls fill the foreground, with a woman in white and red at centre. The throne figure has no distinctive long hair, crown or rudraksha visible, so identity is uncertain.

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