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A stage with a golden throne draped in a multicoloured floral backdrop, where a woman with a red bindi and orange-brown robe, wearing a pink and white garland and a beaded necklace, sits seated. To the right, a golden arched frame holds a deity murti decorated with a white garland, set against a green cloth. A man in an orange-brown dhoti and shawl, with white sacred markings on his forehead and arms, sits with palms joined in prayer beside a tray of silver bowls, flowers and fruit. A painted mural of a standing deity figure with a club appears on the upper right wall. This appears to be a puja or satsang setting.

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