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Photograph inside a hall with a raised circular stage draped in dark red curtains and bright multicoloured striped pillars. On the stage, a seated figure in orange robes sits on an ornate gilded throne with a red cushion and white canopy, flanked by golden deity murti and vases of yellow flowers. A standing figure in orange robes holds a ceremonial staff at the right, and a standing monastic in orange robes raises a lamp toward the stage at left, while another seated monastic in orange sits on the floor. A pedestal fan stands in front of the stage. The seated figure's appearance is not clearly identifiable from this distance, so the candidate is marked unsure.

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