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A large indoor hall with a white floor where many men in white dhotis and white shirts sit in long rows on orange mats, performing puja. Each seated devotee has brass and copper pots, small oil lamps, plates of red flowers and petals, and open books or printed texts in front of them. A bald man in the centre foreground holds a small brass lamp and a brass vessel. Orange and multicoloured banners hang from the ceiling, and a stage area with a screen and speakers is visible at the left. The scene appears to be a group ritual or satsang session.

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