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A seated group of devotees in a hall during a shared meal. Many wear saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas and forehead markings. In the front, a woman in a rust-brown sari holds a microphone and speaks, while beside her an older woman with grey hair in a rust sari eats from a leaf plate. Other women in brown and rust saris and orange garments sit on a striped rug, with banana-leaf plates of food in front of them. White chairs with red bands line the back wall. No identifiable a person is visible.

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