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A photograph of a row of women seated cross-legged on a blue floor covering in a hall, all wearing matching rust-orange saffron saris with gold borders. The woman in front right has her hair in a low bun and her hands folded; the bald woman in the centre wears glasses, a dark bead mala and small earrings. Two women on the left and one on the right background also sit in the row. Banana-leaf plates with rice and food lie before them. The setting appears to be a satsang or sarvadarshan gathering. No identifiable a person is visible in the frame.

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