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A large hall with a glossy white marble floor and a draped ceiling decorated with tall striped pillars of red, yellow, and blue ribbons. Dozens of seated devotees sit in rows on mats, many with palms pressed together in prayer or hands resting on laps, with brass puja plates, small oil lamps, and offering bowls arranged on red mats before them. Women wear saris and salwar in orange, saffron, yellow, red, and white, and several wear white ritual clothes. An elderly man in an orange shawl sits at the far left on a raised platform beside a golden ornate shrine with a deity murti. Red curtains hang along the walls. Several people are gathered near the back and sides, and the event appears to be a satsang or puja.

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