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A large crowd fills an indoor hall at a gathering, with many people seated on white plastic chairs and some standing in the aisles. Many wear white dhotis and kurtas or saris, and numerous devotees wear red-orange shawls draped over their shoulders. A man in a saffron-orange cloth and a bare-chested man in white dhoti stand among the audience, and a bald man in a white kurta with a red shawl sits in the foreground. A young girl in pink wears an orange shawl. Screens and stage lights are visible at the top of the hall. The mood is of a devotional satsang or sanga meeting with a large assembly.

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