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A seated group of devotees in white ritual clothing sits on red mats on a polished pale floor during a satsang gathering. Men wear white shirts and white dhotis, many with rudraksha malas, and some wear saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders; a few have red tilak marks on their foreheads. Several wear lanyard name badges. Women in white saris with red borders sit in the background. Most are smiling or laughing, looking toward the front of the hall. No central figure such as a swami is clearly visible in the frame, and no one in the scene is identified by name.

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