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A large seated audience of men fills a white tent hall at a person Spurana program in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Most wear white shirts and white dhotis, and several have sacred ash or tilak marks on their foreheads. One man at the right wears an orange-saffron shawl over a white shirt. Many are smiling and attentive, facing the stage out of frame. Overhead ceiling fans, hanging lights and white tent walls with sunflower-patterned panels surround the crowd, and a few people stand at the back.