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A group of devotional singers performs seated on an orange draped stage before red curtains. A young man in a white kurta plays a tabla at the left edge. Seated centre-left, a young man in a red dhoti with a gold border and rudraksha mala sings into a microphone. Beside him, a woman in a white and pink dotted sari with rudraksha mala and red bindi sings. At the right, a young woman in an orange sari with gold border and rudraksha mala sings, and other singers in saffron and teal sit behind them. A brass lamp stands at the right edge and a potted green plant sits in front of the stage.

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