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A large ceremonial hall decorated with hanging colourful tassel banners and small lamp-shaped decorations overhead. A central figure with long hair and a saffron-coloured garment, with a crown-like headdress, gestures while seated on a red and white throne-like seat on a raised red-carpeted platform. Beside him stands a tall ceremonial trident-like staff. Behind the platform, a large screen shows a close-up of a face with a red forehead mark, and a blue backdrop with decorative lamps is visible on the right. Hundreds of seated devotees fill the floor in front of the platform, many dressed in white, saffron, pink, green and blue, with some in traditional Indian dress. Cameras and camera operators are visible at the edges. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long hair, a crown-style headdress, saffron clothing and a ceremonial staff nearby, but the appearance is not fully certain from this image alone.

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