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A seated speaker in an orange saffron robe and orange turban reads from a printed sheet into a microphone at a wooden lectern beside a carved wooden lion. Facing him, a large group of devotees in white clothes sits on the floor on blue and striped mats, with brass plates of food before them. Some are eating or sorting items from plates. Behind them, older attendees sit on chairs, and a woman in a white sari with gold border sits at the back. Wooden pillars and a green floor fill the hall. The speaker appears to be Swamiji (probable), identified by his orange robe and turban and central position as speaker, with the wooden lion and microphone marking him as the teacher.

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