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A group of young boys and girls kneel on a raised white stage in front of a golden arched throne decorated with a yellow and red-pink floral garland, where two metal deity murtis are seated, one crowned. The children wear orange and maroon ritual dress with golden waist bands, rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, and several hold their palms together in anjali. Two rows of wooden drums with hide heads sit in front of them, and a golden serpent-shaped prop lies at the front left. Dark red velvet drapes hang behind, with a potted plant in the lower right foreground.

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