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A large seated audience fills a hall at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam-style satsang, many dressed in white with some in saffron and orange. Several women in orange saris and foreheads marked with white tilak sit in the foreground, one smiling. Behind them, men and boys in white dhotis and shirts sit on the floor, and a shaved-headed boy in front has a beaded necklace. A man with grey hair in a white kurta sits in the middle of the crowd. Wooden pillars with gold tops frame the seating. No speaker is clearly identifiable in the frame.

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