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A large indoor hall with a white tiled floor and orange drapes hanging from the ceiling shows a seated congregation of men and some women in white ritual dress. Most wear white dhotis and shawls with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, and each sits on an orange mat before a brass plate with fruit, sweets and small oil lamps, performing a puja. At the front left, a man in an orange robe and orange head wrap sits upright beside the group. A video camera on a tripod stands at the left edge. The scene looks like a formal satsang or puja gathering with a crowd of well over twenty people.

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