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A large hall packed with devotees seated on the floor during a Guru Purnima satsang at an ashram. In the foreground, women in red and white saris and white dresses with rudraksha malas and red flower garlands sit with hands joined in namaskar, and trays of offerings and brass plates with oil lamps and kumkum sit before them. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some with red shawls, kneel nearby. Behind them, hundreds of people in white clothing fill rows across the hall, with saffron-robed sannyasis seated near a low stage. A golden lion-faced ornament stands at the right edge. A person with a large mala and a shawl sits in the centre-right, but no appearance-based cues establish whether he is a specific teacher, so no identity is asserted.

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