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A stage at an outdoor event with a large banner behind it showing a smiling woman with a red bindi, and Kannada text reading 30 ನೇ ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ (30th December) with the word ಆನಂದೋತ್ಸವ. Four people are seated on ornate gold and red thrones draped with marigold and white flower garlands. A man in white kurta with a white cap sits at left, next to a seated figure in orange robes and an orange turban, then a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala. At far right another person in orange robes is partly visible. A standing man in white with an orange shawl stands at the far left edge. A tall brass oil lamp wrapped in yellow flower garland stands on the right. Microphones and water bottles sit on the table.

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