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Photograph of a seated group session in an indoor hall with red and maroon draped backdrop. A central figure in red-orange turban and sari wears layered beaded necklaces and a gold pendant with rudraksha-style beads and gold ornaments on wrists, with a red bindi, smiling and raising hands while a woman in a red shawl beside her gestures toward her. Around them, several women and girls in red-striped shawls and white tops sit closely, some smiling, one with yellow turmeric-style forehead marking. A white silhouette of a figure appears on the backdrop. Appearance-based label: a person, seated centrally as the presenter of the session.

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