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A large white-canopied tent full of seated audience members facing a small raised stage at the far end, where a man in white clothing stands beside a camera on a tripod. Rows of red chairs and gold-railed benches hold many men in white shirts and dhotis, some women in saris, and several saffron-robed sannyasis, including one in an orange turban in the front row. Yellow-and-white striped poles, string lights and a red and white banner frame the open hall. The audience is numerous, roughly in the hundreds, and the image is a photograph of a gathering.