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Photograph of a large seated audience in a covered hall, many men and women in white shirts and white dhotis or kurtas, some wearing rudraksha or white beaded malas and lanyard badges. Rows of red plastic chairs and ornate gold-trimmed bench seating fill the foreground, with a red carpet below. A distant stage backdrop and draped grey curtains appear at top. A few children sit among the rows. No a person candidate is visible; attendees are seated in rows watching the programme.

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