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A crowd of devotees gathers outdoors under an orange tent canopy during a satsang, many sitting on green mats with hands pressed together in prayer. A woman in the centre wears a white sari with a red-orange border and hands joined at her chest. Men in orange, yellow and white turbans and shawls sit or stand nearby, and an older bearded man in a saffron-trimmed turban sits in front. A man in a maroon tracksuit with a white shawl stands to the right, and one person raises a phone to take a photo. Behind them an ornate golden structure with red tassels and a raised platform rises above the crowd, with banners on the tent walls.

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