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A large audience of women, mostly in white and cream cotton saris with gold or yellow borders, sits closely packed on the floor of a hall, attending a satsang or discourse. Many wear white identity badges on lanyards. Several wear pearl-style neck beads and gold necklaces, and a few have vibhuti or kumkum on their foreheads. Some sit cross-legged, one older woman in the centre sits with bare feet on a red mat, and another in the foreground wears a red blouse. The people in the front seem attentive, while others look on in a calm, orderly setting. No speaker or dais is clearly visible in the frame, and no one can be identified as a person in this image.

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