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Evening satsang in a red-walled hall. A man seated on a raised platform with a red and orange cloth draped over his shoulders and an orange-saffron dhoti, holding a microphone and speaking, with a small red bindi on his forehead. Behind him stand a bronze Nataraja dancing figure and ornate wooden pillars with hanging chains. In the foreground, a brass trident and brass oil lamps flank a small bronze deity murti holding a lamp. Two or three women and girls sit on the floor at the lower edge, one wearing a red shawl and another in white. A brass incense burner sits at right. A white table with a stand is in front of the speaker.

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