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Photograph of a ritual on a stage with dark red draped curtains and a stage light rig at right. A seated man with long dark hair and a red-brown garment sits before a large gilded throne-back on a maroon cloth-draped platform, holding a metal bowl heaped with yellow flowers. Around him, young boys and women in orange and saffron garments with gold borders, some with rudraksha malas, stand and kneel, offering flowers and sweets. Floor shows banana-leaf plates with yellow flowers and sweets, water bottles, and dark wooden seats. A younger boy kneels in front, holding flowers toward the seated figure. Visible physical people number roughly 17.

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