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A large indoor hall filled with hundreds of seated devotees, most wearing white garments and white blindfold cloths tied over their eyes. Many women sit cross-legged in white saris, some with coloured borders, and others wear bright saris in pink, orange, green and red. Several wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and ID lanyards. At the back of the hall, a few figures in white stand near the top of the room, and red banners hang on the walls. The scene conveys a mass guided meditation or spiritual session.

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