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A photograph of a large indoor event hall decorated in red, yellow and maroon drapes with hanging lamps. On a raised red-covered stage, a seated man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and sits on an ornate gilded throne with red cushions, hands joined in namaste. Golden staffs topped with ornaments stand beside the throne, and a small carved table with a microphone sits at left. Behind him are shrines with deity murtis. A dense audience in colourful saffron, maroon and white saris and kurtas sits on the floor facing the stage, with a few people in the foreground seen from behind.

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