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A ceremonial scene under a blue and yellow draped canopy. A central figure wearing a long rudraksha mala and ornate gold-and-red beaded necklaces with large silver-toned ornaments stands smiling, while an older bald man in white with an orange-saffron shawl places a garland of white flowers around him. Around them, men in white shirts and dhotis stand or bend forward, one with a wristwatch, and monks in orange and saffron robes with rudraksha malas watch. A red ceremonial chair with silver fittings is visible. Flower garlands lie in the foreground, and a banner with printed Telugu-script text is partly visible at upper right. a person could be the central garlanded figure, based on the long rudraksha and ornate necklaces, but the identification is uncertain.

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