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A ceremonial stage in a temple-style hall with a painted blue backdrop, gold arches and pillars. Three decorated thrones hold garlanded murtis draped in green, magenta and pink fabric with marigold and jasmine garlands. In front, a kneeling priest in an orange-brown cloth sits before a tray of brass vessels and offerings, with a lamp and fruit. Two standing men in white dhotis and white headwraps, one with a garland, stand with hands folded near the central deity. The setting suggests a puja with padapuja-style worship, with the figures visibly seated and standing before the murtis rather than in a visible satsang audience. No clear a person candidate is distinguishable from appearance alone.

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