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A photograph of a ceremonial stage event. A seated figure on a red and tiger-skin-draped throne wears a golden crown, an orange-red robe, a gold necklace and many gold bangles, and holds a dark prayer-bead mala, with a garland of multicolored flowers draped over the throne and a microphone stand beside him. The throne is framed by a large arch of red, yellow, green and white flower garlands and a golden lion-head armrest. A gold trident stands to the left. A man in white clothes bows and offers a red vessel toward the seated figure, while a woman in a gold-bordered sari bends low at the base of the throne. Other attendants in white and a standing man with a long beard and white shirt with a mala stand nearby, and a man at the left holds a woven basket. The page indicates the event is the 40th Avatar Day celebration.

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