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A large hall packed with seated audience members at a mass Living Enlightenment initiation convention in Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. Rows of blue plastic chairs fill the floor, and people sit in the aisles as well. Most wear white or light shirts and sarees, with a woman in a magenta saree in the centre-right and a man in a red polo shirt at lower left. Several people sit with eyes closed in meditation. Ceiling fans, fluorescent lights and a pale wall are visible, and the far end of the hall is dim. No speaker or dais is clearly shown.

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