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A photograph taken from behind a seated figure with long dreadlocked black hair, wearing an orange shawl with a gold border over bare shoulders, facing a raised stage. On the stage a seated figure in a red and gold garment and crown sits on an ornate gold throne beneath a white-flowered canopy, with a gold deity figure standing to the left and rows of brass trident-topped stands, a kalasha-like ornament and red carpeting. Two priests in white dhotis stand at the left edge near a carved pillar, and red and dark drapes frame the hall. The scene suggests a pushpabhishekam or padapuja gathering, but only the stage and figures are visible.

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