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Indoor gathering under a tent-like hall with red lattice screens and framed photos on the walls. In the foreground a young man in white dhoti and shawl stands with palms pressed together in greeting, bowing toward seated saffron-robed sannyasis on white-draped sofas. Several seated men wear orange robes; one has a rudraksha mala. Behind them, rows of people in white and orange sit on the floor, and a woman in orange stands at right beside a pink flower arrangement on a small table. A man in a yellow dress stands at center-left. The scene reads as a formal reception or satsang.

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