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Indoor ceremony on a raised stage before a deep red velvet curtain. A man with a long white beard and orange robes sits on an ornate gold throne with carved lion heads, hands folded in front of him. To his right stands a bald man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala, and a woman in orange-gold sari sits on a second gold throne at the right edge. At the left, a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and orange shawl stands before a garlanded deity murti decorated with marigold and white flower garlands, with a kalasha-like brass vessel below. Around the front, about two dozen children sit on the floor: boys bare-chested in red and orange cloth with beaded necklaces, girls in red and orange dresses with long braids.

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