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At night, a person in an orange-red saffron robe and matching turban sits on a red velvet throne with a gold backrest, wearing a long multicolour flower garland of orange, white, green and red blossoms and a red-and-blue beaded necklace. He hands a small folded card or envelope to a young boy in a maroon zip-up track jacket with a white tilak smeared on his forehead, who receives it with both hands. A standing man in a white shirt with a tilak and a woman in orange clothing stand nearby, with a banana-leaf backdrop, a golden kalasha-like object and a hanging embroidered cloth behind. The throne is draped with a red tiger-striped cloth. Appearance-based cues on the seated figure are a turban and saffron robe with a garland, but identity is uncertain.

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