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Evening outdoor event under a corrugated metal canopy strung with small coloured lights. A bearded man in a rust-red robe and red-and-gold turban sits on an ornate gold throne with a sunburst back and lion-shaped armrests, draped with a leopard-print cushion and a multicoloured striped cloth on the ground; a red-and-white canopy umbrella hangs above him. Around him stand several people in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, a woman in a cream sari, and a woman in a maroon shawl holding a microphone. A man in orange holds a microphone at the right, and a small brass aarti tray with lamps sits at the lower right. Attendees in white and orange fill the background, and a monitor is visible at the lower left. a person seated on the throne in the centre, wearing a red-and-gold turban, a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces.

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