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A large indoor convention hall with red floor carpeting, rows of ceiling lights and orange pennants, filled with a dense crowd of seated and standing devotees. In the foreground, a bearded man in white robes and a light blue turban sits on a white-draped seat, his right hand pressed to the forehead of a young man in a green-and-white striped shirt who has his palms joined in reverence. Other men in white and colourful clothing sit nearby, and a fan is visible at left. The scene suggests darshan being given to delegates, though no specific ritual is clearly identifiable from the image alone.

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