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Night outdoor satsang photo at a raised stage with strings of lights and a crowd of white-clad men standing behind a railing. On the right, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-yellow garment, a red beaded garland and gold ornaments, seated at a white platform with a red-trimmed top. A bare-chested man in a red shawl with gold border stands near him, and a woman in an orange sari with hands pressed together in namaste stands in front, flanked by women in green and white saris and a girl in yellow. Loudspeakers and a camera on a tripod are visible.

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