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Evening ceremony under a open-sided tin-roofed pavilion with strings of fairy lights overhead. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with orange and teal border and a pink head cloth stands at left, holding a white conch-shaped vessel and offering water toward a seated man. The seated man sits on an ornate gold throne with a multicoloured striped canopy, wearing a saffron-red cloth, layered beaded necklaces and gold armlets, with a bearded face and long hair; his appearance is consistent with a person, seated enthroned and receiving the offering. A woman in a white sari sits at lower right, and a row of seated devotees and a standing attendant appear in the background, with flower-decorated mats and offerings on the floor at left. A painted world map with a figure in red is mounted on the wall at upper right.

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