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A large indoor hall filled with a dense audience of men seated on blue plastic chairs in rows, facing toward the front. Fluorescent tube lights hang from a dark ceiling with ceiling fans. In the foreground, a man in a grey shirt presses his palms together in prayer, and a man in a yellow-and-white striped shirt sits with hands clasped. Beside him, a man in a pale pink checked shirt sits with eyes closed, and a man in a green plaid shirt sits attentively. Many more people in white, checked and striped shirts fill the rows behind them. No swami or figure in saffron is visible at the front of the hall.

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