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Inside a stone temple hall with pillars and glass-fronted counters, a group gathers around a long metal table where small oil lamps are lit. A man in orange robes with a long-haired figure wearing an orange garment and a red-orange garland stands at the centre, lighting a lamp with his hand. Beside him, another person in orange and a garland watches. Around them, men in white shirts and dhotis, a man in an orange-and-white checked shirt with a tilak, and a woman in a red sari with a red bindi and necklace stand or sit. A bald man in white clothes stands at the back. a person is the central figure in orange with long hair and a red garland, who the page places at this event; appearance cues are the long swept hair, saffron clothing and garland, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone.

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