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A photograph of a stage at an outdoor tent event with a large painted jungle backdrop showing elephants, a waterfall, a lake and a seated sage with a palm-leaf manuscript. Rows of people sit on white sofas across the stage, mostly in saffron and orange robes, with some in white kurtas and one in a red shirt. A seated figure in the centre holds a microphone, another in an orange robe wears a kumkum-marked forehead, and a bearded man in white on the right sits beside a figure in maroon with a turban and beaded necklaces. Ceiling fans and white fabric canopy overhead. Around ten to twelve people are visible on stage.

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