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A dense crowd of devotees seated on the floor in a dim hall, many holding small oil lamps or lit candles in their hands. Women in white and red-orange saris and shawls dominate; one woman in front wears an orange sari with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, another in a red sari holds up a lamp, and a woman at right in a white outfit with a red scarf holds a small brass lamp and smiles. Others sit with palms pressed together in prayer. No specific a person figure is visible in the frame; the scene is a satsang or lamp-lit gathering.

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