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A photograph taken inside a corrugated-roofed hall with exposed rafters and ceiling fans, showing a stage event. In the centre, a man with white hair and a white beard, wearing a white dhoti with a maroon-and-gold border and a white shirt, bends forward to offer something from a small dish to a standing figure. That figure wears an orange turban, a blue shawl over orange robes, and a long green-and-yellow garland of flowers. Beside them stands a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a maroon-and-gold shawl and a gold-bead garland. An ornate orange armchair stands on the stage, and a green stepped stage ledge with yellow trim and potted flowers is at right. Blue and white draped backdrop panels line the back of the stage.

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