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A large yoga session in a bright hall with a white draped backdrop. Hundreds of participants in black and grey athletic clothes stand on striped multicoloured mats with hands raised to their heads in a shared posture. At the front, a man in white dhoti and shawl, bare-chested, holds a camera and walks along the mat aisle. Beyond him, a white-and-red ornate chair stands on a raised platform flanked by two tripod-mounted cameras, with a seated figure in orange clothing near it. Water bottles sit on the mats.

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