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Indoor evening devotional gathering with a dim background. In the foreground right, a smiling figure in a saffron-orange head wrap and saffron shawl, seated on the floor, plays a stringed instrument resembling a veena held at an angle. Around them, devotees in white garments sit and stand clapping or raising hands in devotion; one seated woman in white plays small hand cymbals, and a woman in a red-and-white patterned sari sits with hands at her face. A child stands among the crowd. Several people wear white clothing and white shawls, and a few wear other colours. A corner printed label reads in Tamil at the lower right edge.

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