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A photo of a satsang in an open courtyard with red walls and a wooden canopy. A bearded man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe and holding a microphone, sits on an elevated green-carpeted dais with a gold-trimmed seat. A woman in an orange sari sits near the dais and a woman in an orange sari stands at the upper right. Seated devotees in the foreground include shirtless men in white dhotis, a man in a magenta shirt, women in saris and a fair-haired woman in a white outfit. Brass bells hang from the canopy, and bronze deity murtis and oil lamps stand on the left. The main figure is probable Swamiji (appearance cues: long dark hair, saffron robe, dais seat), so the probable label is applied to him.

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