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A seated group of devotees in plain white ritual clothes fills a hall with blue and orange striped mats. In the foreground, several women and a young woman sit cross-legged, each holding a round metal or leaf plate of food, and some are eating or preparing offerings with their hands. Behind them, rows of men and women in white sit in similar postures, some with plates before them. Chairs and a small altar with brass lamps and a green cloth are visible at the upper left. The setting suggests a communal meal or annadan during a satsang gathering. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person.

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