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A large seated congregation fills an indoor hall, dense rows of women and some men in traditional dress sitting with eyes closed in meditation or devotion. Many women wear white or cream sarees with coloured borders, and others wear saffron, orange, purple, red, green and blue saris; several have vermilion or tilak marks on their foreheads and rudraksha or beaded malas around their necks. Plastic white chairs are visible at the front of the crowd. Behind them shelves of bottles and products line the back wall, and a large portrait with a printed caption sits at the top left. The lighting is dim and the scene appears to be a healing darshan session.

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