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A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair sits on an orange cushioned seat before an ornate golden shrine with a deity murti and garlands of marigolds and red flowers. A man in white shirt and white dhoti stands with his hand on the seated figure's shoulder, while a man in a striped shirt kneels at the feet, and a young man in white kneels at the seat's edge. Orange-robed attendants stand at left and right, and a cameraman in white holds a video camera at right. Golden lamp stands and carved stone pillars frame the scene, with a deity image above the shrine. The wording on the photo's copyright line is not included here.

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