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Large indoor convention hall with a white tented ceiling, ceiling fans and rows of white plastic chairs filled with a dense audience of men largely dressed in white shirts and white dhotis or trousers. A large banner behind the stage shows a smiling figure in a white turban and orange-red garment holding up a hand, beside Tamil script; a smaller framed portrait of a turbaned figure stands at the left of the stage. A raised stage with a blue-and-white draped table, microphone and speakers hosts the event. Several hundred seated people fill the hall, with a few standing near the back.