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Seated devotees at a satsang hall, with metal stanchions and chain barriers in the foreground. In the centre, an elderly sannyasi with white-painted body and forehead, long white beard, and a multi-strand rudraksha mala, sits with palms joined in prayer, wearing an orange-and-yellow cloth. To his right, a young man in a white embroidered shirt and rudraksha mala looks down while writing. Other men in white shirts, a checked blue shirt and an orange cloth sit nearby, some with eyes closed. A white wall and a video camera sign are visible behind them.

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