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A ceremonial puja scene in a hall with a gold-carved throne draped in green and magenta cloth and heaped with red and multicolored flower garlands. Standing before the throne, a man in white dhoti and white turban, with white marks on his arms and a gold necklace, is being garlanded with white and red flower malas by a bare-chested attendant in white dhoti and a white turban. Two shaved-headed young sannyasis in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and white tilak marks kneel on the floor near a small flame and offering vessels. A woman in a red-brown sari with a garland sits on a separate flower-decorated seat at left. The setting appears to be a ritual homa or puja.

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