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Indoor ritual gathering with participants seated on a green floor covering in rows. In the foreground, an older man in a white shirt and white garland bends forward, offering a silver tray of pink flower petals to a seated man in saffron-orange robes with a beard and white flower garland. Beside him, a seated woman in brown-red and orange draping and long dark hair smiles, wearing a white flower garland and beaded necklace. Behind them, many people in saffron and orange robes and white garlands sit in lines, with a man in a red-orange turban and others in white clothing. Silver plates and small bowls sit on a low table. The background shows colourful decorative panels and a standing man in orange shirt and white trousers. a person candidate is not clearly identifiable by appearance.

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