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A photograph of a stage at an indoor session hall. In the foreground, a bronze statue of a seated deity stands on a teal and gold cloth draped over a table, with marigold garlands along the stage edge. Behind it, a row of people stands on the stage: a woman in pink and white with a shawl, a man in a light blue shirt and dark trousers, a bearded man in a checked shirt and black turban, a woman in a white dupatta and white kurta, and an older man with white hair and round glasses wearing an orange kurta and white trousers. Further right, women in pink and red saris stand near the stage edge. A banner with chakra symbols hangs on the back wall, and an audience is seated in the lower right. The people on stage are visible as a group; no identification is made from appearance.

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