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A seated gathering of devotees in orange robes on a red-and-white striped mat, with a television camera on a tripod at upper left. In the centre, a woman with long dreadlocked hair wears a blue and green patterned blouse with a dark wrap and a gold necklace, sitting cross-legged and speaking with a younger woman in orange who has a white forehead mark. Several young women in orange saris and dark-haired buns sit around them, some smiling, with steel tumblers and a brass plate with offerings in the foreground. Behind, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti sits and another man in a saffron garment with rudraksha beads sits at right. Setting appears to be a satsang or ashram gathering.

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