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A large seated audience fills a bright hall at a Shuddhadvaitam initiation event in Ujjain. Many participants wear white kurta-style clothes with orange and red shawls or sashes, and some have yellow and saffron garlands. A few people wear headphones for translation. Several sit with eyes closed in meditation, while others look toward the front. A woman in the foreground wears a red and yellow saree. The crowd fills the room from front to back, with a bright window at the top of the wall.

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