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A crowded indoor hall with white ceiling panels, round pillars and ceiling fans, where devotees stand and sit behind metal railings. A uniformed security guard in a white shirt and belt, arms outstretched, directs the crowd on the left. Several people in white dhotis and white shirts with saffron or orange shawls stand near the center, one wearing a red-and-orange turban-like headpiece. Women in saffron, yellow and cream saris and devotees with folded hands sit in the foreground, one wearing a green-beaded necklace and a bindi. A man in a white dhoti and saffron-bordered shawl stands with hands raised on the right, beside a person in a yellow dhoti and white vest. Foreground figures include a seated bald man in an orange cloth and white dhoti. Overall it appears to be an orderly darshan queue or gathering.

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