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A seated man in a rust-red shawl and dhoti, with a pink flower garland and a white tilak on his forehead, sits on a red tiger-striped cushion beside a large gilded lion-shaped throne. He holds a tall silver staff and a wooden rod. In the foreground a man in a white striped shirt bows low with his head near the seated figure's knee, while the seated man rests a hand on his back. Behind them a woman in white with orange-red tilak and a rudraksha mala sits attentively, and other devotees in orange and white stand and sit in the softly lit hall. The scene suggests a ritual blessing or darshan.

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