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Indoor photo of a devotional gathering in a room with red walls and marigold garlands, where many people stand with hands folded in prayer. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala stands at centre-front, while a woman in a red and gold sari and a woman in pink with folded hands stand nearby. Women wear saris and salwar kameez in pink, red, gold and blue; men wear white dhotis and kurtas. A woman in a white garment at lower left is also praying. A framed picture and a poster with a deity image hang on the back wall, and a white door is visible at right.

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