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Indoor gathering in a hall with a wooden-panelled wall and a large black speaker. A woman seated on the right, bare-shouldered with an orange wrap and a leopard-print skirt, faces a group of people. Several children in saffron-orange robes with red borders stand on the left, some with orange-painted foreheads and rudraksha malas. A woman in a green sari with a red blouse and rudraksha necklaces holds a white plate of offerings, while a woman in a white top and rudraksha mala reaches toward it. A boy in a dark shirt and striped shorts with an orange shawl and a mala stands near them. A white table in the foreground holds small bowls and a plate. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the seated woman is a devotee in ritual dress.

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