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Photograph of devotees seated before a row of dark statues dressed in orange robes and rudraksha malas, with hands in mudra. A woman in a yellow embroidered salwar kameez holds a sheet of paper and reads, beside a woman in black with an orange shawl. A girl in an orange shawl sits with eyes closed; a boy in an orange top with a white forehead mark sits in front. A woman in orange stands at right. A small sign reads 'Please Do Not Touch the Statues'. The scene is a satsang or devotional gathering. Several people are present, and the statues are not physical people.

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