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Indoor photo of a devotional gathering in a room with white walls, red curtains and a flat-screen television. At centre, a man in an orange-brown dhoti-style garment with hands folded in namaste stands beside a woman in a white sari with gold border and a rudraksha-style necklace, who holds a red flower bunch. Around them, several people in white dhotis and sarees stand with hands joined, while a woman in a white sari kneels on the floor near a reclining figure draped in white and red flower garlands, with a silver crown-like headpiece. Fruit, flowers and a sweets box sit on the floor. A camera operator films in the foreground. a person (in orange-brown clothing with a shawl, among devotees) is present; identity uncertain.

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