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Evening satsang in an open-air pavilion decorated with green fabric and tube lights. At centre, a woman in a white blouse and white dhoti-style skirt sits cross-legged on a white-draped platform before a microphone, holding a small offering. Beside her is a framed portrait of a bearded figure in saffron garlanded with flower strands, with a tall brass multi-tiered lamp wrapped in white flowers and several lit oil lamps and offering plates in front. Seated women in orange and yellow saris with jasmine in their hair and a row of young girls in white and pink sit facing the platform, with standing men in white shirts and dhotis behind. The portrait is a printed image, not a physical person.

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