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Indoor satsang at the Los Angeles ashram, photographed from behind a seated audience. A long-haired person in saffron-orange robes stands centre-right, gesturing with one hand and holding a black folder, in front of a gilded throne-like seat. A decorated deity murti with garlands sits on the left beside a golden peetha. A framed painting of a seated sannyasi in red-and-gold drapery hangs on the wall above, and a brass oil lamp stands at right. A man in a rust-red shirt stands beside the speaker. The audience includes people in white, red and blue clothing, one with a hair clip, with heads in the foreground.

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