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Indoor session in a plain hall with white walls, a corrugated metal ceiling and an orange-painted door. Two people in saffron-orange robes sit on a raised white-covered seat and a chair; the one on the right, seated on a red cushion, speaks into a microphone. A standing man in white clothes holds a microphone and addresses a seated audience of mostly white-clad devotees on striped mats, with a woman in a white sari and a seated man in white at the right edge. Behind them a rack of ceremonial staffs and a silver-toned pedestal with red flowers stand beside a wall sign. A cheap pedestal fan and a bottle of water sit near the speakers. One saffron-robed figure appears to be a teacher; the other in saffron, if an appearance-based candidate, is shown seated on a chair. a person identity is uncertain from appearance; roles are described only.

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