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A long dining hall with a row of men seated at steel tables eating from banana leaves with their hands, served rice and side dishes from steel tumblers. A standing man in a saffron-orange kurta and a long rudraksha mala, with long swept-back dark hair, smiles toward the diners on the right, appearing to be a probable Swamiji figure at a meal. Men in white shirts and dhotis sit at the table, a woman in a white sari stands nearby, and ceiling fans and tubelights light the room. Probable Swamiji cues are the long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, with the role of a standing host greeting the meal.

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