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Two figures sit on red-cushioned thrones with ornate silver and gold frames on a stage decorated with wooden lattice panels, strings of marigold garlands and small lamps. On the left, a man in a rust-brown turban with a crescent emblem, brown robes and a pink-and-white shawl, with a rudraksha-style mala and gold necklaces, speaks into a microphone while gesturing. On the right, a seated figure in a dark cap with long hair, gold jewellery, a red-and-orange garland and a wooden staff sits with hands folded in greeting; this is a deity murti-style figure or portrait rather than a live person. A brass kalasha-style vessel and lamp stand beside the thrones.