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A photograph of a ceremonial reception inside a hall. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers, wearing glasses, stands at left with palms pressed together in anjali. In the centre, a smiling man wears a cream-gold turban with a jewelled ornament and a red kurta-like garment under a gold shawl, with gold bangles, a gold necklace and a red tilak. He holds a sheet of white paper in both hands. Beside him a bald attendant in glasses and a white dhoti with red border holds a tray of red apples, and another attendant in white dhoti with red border and a sandalwood-marked forehead carries a tray. The central man wears a garland of white flowers, yellow marigolds and green leaves. Metal barrier posts and a chain are visible at left.

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