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Outdoor evening ceremony on a raised stage under a red, yellow and gold canopy with a dark night background. A seated man on an ornate silver-and-red throne wears saffron-orange robes, a long rudraksha mala, a ceremonial gold necklace, gold earrings and orange armbands, and extends his hand toward a man standing before him. The standing man is bare-chested with a full dark beard, wears a white dhoti with gold border and a white shawl and rudraksha mala, and has a badge clipped to his waist. Behind him stands another man with a white shawl draped over his shoulder, and a young attendant in saffron stands at the left. A small silver lion-form figure sits at the base of the throne.

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