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A seated a person on an ornate silver throne with red cushions faces a seated group in a hall. He is bare-chested with a dark red-brown shawl draped over his shoulder, long dreadlock-style hair falling down his back, and a rudraksha mala around his neck; a white tilak mark is on his forehead. He rests a bare foot on the throne's silver base. Around him, orange-clad devotees and white-clad participants sit on the floor, some with white tilak and rudraksha malas. A young girl in white with a red mark on her forehead sits in the foreground near a woman in orange, and a small child in white sits on the floor with a plate of offerings. Silver ritual staffs and a trident-shaped object stand near the throne.

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