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Large indoor hall with white ceiling fans and fluorescent lights, filled with hundreds of standing participants in white clothes, most wearing white blindfolds or cloth bands over their eyes. Many wear yellow or white scarves and name badges. In the right foreground, a figure in an orange-red robe, seen from behind with long dark hair, raises one arm and faces the crowd. Red panels line the back wall. Hindu-style ceremonial setting, appearing to be a guided group exercise at a convention. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long swept-back hair and saffron-orange robes, and is seen from behind leading the assembly.

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