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A wide view from the back of a large hall during a satsang or discourse, with a dense audience seated on the wooden floor facing a raised stage at the far end. Many people in white and light clothing fill the rows, some in orange and red. In the foreground, a potted green plant, a bouquet of pink and lavender flowers, and a hanging brass bell stand near the lens. A video camera on a tripod is set up among the seated rows. Colourful striped banners hang along the left edge. The audience appears to number well over twenty people.

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