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A photograph of a ceremonial moment indoors against a plain concrete block wall. On the right, a man in an orange-rust sannyasi robe and a red and gold-bordered shawl wears a red mala of flowers with gold-tinted pieces, a tilak on his forehead and a small red dot between his brows; a small microphone clips near his face and he is smiling while holding up a small silver deity figure. On the left, a man in white dhoti and shirt holds a silver tray of figures, and a second man with a saffron-orange cloth reaches toward it. Silver deity murtis stand on a red-draped table, including a standing figure and a pair of figures on a plinth beside a silver vessel with ornate chasing, and a small ganesha-like figure on the floor. Several other people stand behind in the background.

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