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A photograph of a ceremonial stage inside a temple-style hall with painted pink, blue and green pillars and arches. On the left, a long-haired person in an orange and maroon wrap sits on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion, with a green parrot perched on the arch behind; the figure wears garlands of white and red flowers. Beside them, a robed priest in white stands with folded hands before a gold throne draped with a multicoloured garland of yellow, red and green flowers. At the right, a deity murti is adorned with flower garlands. In the foreground, a shaved-headed attendant in orange kneels on a mat beside a brass tray, and another seated attendant in maroon sits at the right edge. Two additional people are visible: the seated figure on the left, and the kneeling attendant.

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