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Outdoor ceremony on a red carpeted platform before a wooden-screened stage. A man in an orange saffron robe with an orange shawl, a gold-beaded necklace, a garland and gold bangles sits on a golden lion-shaped throne at upper right, smiling and gesturing, with orange flower garlands behind him. Seated devotees in front, including a woman in a red sari and a woman in a green sari, hold hands together in anjali, with brass plates of flowers, pink blossoms, coconut and offerings arranged before them. A bald man in orange robes sits on the platform, and white-clad attendants stand on the left. A cooler, floodlight towers and a cleared field with flags appear in the background. Swamiji (probable) appears on the throne with cues including the swept-back long hair, saffron clothing and ornate gold adornments, shown here as a person seated among devotees during a puja.

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