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A seated figure in a brown and saffron robe with a long rudraksha mala and a forehead marking sits in a large brown leather throne on a stage. He holds beads in his hands while a group of mostly seated devotees in white clothes with red shawls and red lanyards sit on red cushions in front of him, many with eyes closed, some meditating. A small electronic device sits on a wooden table beside the throne. A printed banner hangs at the right edge of the frame. a person is the central figure, identified by his rudraksha mala, saffron-ochre robe and forehead marking, while the surrounding devotees are dressed in white with red shawls.

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