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A seated devotional gathering inside a hall with red-painted walls and wooden pillars. In the foreground, several men in white shirts and dhotis sit cross-legged on mats; one in a white T-shirt with a cartoon print sits centre-front, and a woman in a purple sari with gold necklace sits at right. Behind them, rows of devotees, many women in saris and a woman in an orange sari, sit on the floor and on white plastic chairs. At upper right, an ornate carved wooden throne with a white cushioned seat and carved lion-like figures stands empty, with a bearded man in white seated nearby and a garland hanging above it.

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