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Seated meditation session in a large hall with many participants sitting cross-legged on mats with eyes closed. In the foreground, a bald man in white dhoti with gold border and bare chest sits with arms folded, a red tilak on his forehead. Beside him, a young man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with gold border, wearing rudraksha beads and glasses, sits with eyes closed and arms crossed. Behind them, a man with a yellow tilak and bare chest sits in white dhoti. Many devotees in white and orange attire fill the background. A plastic container and dark bag lie on the floor at left.

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