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A large seated gathering of devotees on an orange cloth in an open hall, many wearing orange shawls or stoles. In the foreground a figure in orange robes seated at the left edge, with a microphone stand, beside a row of white plates holding bananas and sliced fruit with red offerings and dried stalks. Women in saris and salwar kameez, men in white kurtas and orange stoles, and children sit closely together, many with hands folded or attentive. A man in a dark jacket stands at the upper left. Several people wear rudraksha-style beads. The scene appears to be a satsang or puja sitting.

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