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A stage photograph of a satsang with six people standing on a red carpet before a golden throne (peetha) and a painted backdrop of a jungle waterfall with a deity image. The central man wears a white dhoti with gold borders, a bare upper body with gold armbands, a brown-and-white shawl, and multiple rudraksha malas; he holds a white book and a microphone and smiles. Flanking him are women and young people in saffron-orange robes with gold borders and rudraksha malas, one woman in a red-maroon sari holds a microphone at left, and a woman at right holds a clipboard. A garland of yellow flowers hangs at the right edge beside a gilded arch. a person identification is not established by visible evidence alone, so the central man is described by role as a presenter.

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