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A seated devotional gathering on a floor covered with striped rugs. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a tilak on his forehead and a white-and-saffron shawl holds a microphone and speaks while gesturing with his hand, seated behind a harmonium draped with a pink patterned cloth. Beside him, a man in a pale pink shirt with a white beaded necklace sits near the harmonium, and an older man in white dhoti with a red mark on his forehead sits nearby. Several people in white garments sit behind them, including a woman in a white top with glasses and a woman in an orange shawl. In the foreground, rows of white sugar-style blocks with red and yellow centre marks are arranged like a small altar. A wheelchair is visible in the background.

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