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A festive hall with red and white ceiling drapery hung with colourful paper lanterns and diyas. A bearded man in orange robes and a leopard-print cloth sits on a gold-trimmed brown leather throne, with long rudraksha malas over his shoulders, smiling as he is offered small brass lamps. Around him a woman in a gold-bordered sari holds up a framed deity picture, a girl in a pink sari with a tilak stands beside her, and a boy in a striped shirt reaches toward the throne with a lamp. A woman in a white and teal sari with a rudraksha mala and a woman in a rust-coloured top with a long mala stand nearby. Behind, a man in white dhoti bends forward, and a crowd fills the background, with screens showing images. a person: the seated bearded man in orange, with long rudraksha malas and a leopard-print garment on a throne, receiving lamps.

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