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A photograph of an indoor hall during a performance. Two female dancers in orange and green saris with gold jewellery and red-and-gold headpieces stand on a raised red stage before a red and green draped backdrop, one with a hand raised in a gesture. Ornate gold wooden pillars frame the stage. Seated audience members in white and saffron-trimmed attire fill the foreground, with more devotees in rows behind. Framed photo panels on the walls show gatherings with other spiritual leaders, and a figure playing a veena stands at the left. No clearly identifiable a person is visible among the seated audience.

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