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A satsang hall with a standing man in an orange robe and a dark head wrap walking among seated devotees on orange floor mats. Many attendees wear white clothing and white headbands, and some sit on chairs in the foreground. Hanging decorations with yellow, red and blue patterns and orange tassels hang from the ceiling, with a projection screen on the right wall. The man in orange is not wearing the long swept-back hair, crown or rudraksha cues needed to suggest a candidate identity, so his role is best described as a robed teacher or sannyasi moving through the gathering. Many people are visible, with a rough count in the dozens.

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