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A photograph inside a hall with colourful striped pillars and posters on the walls. In the foreground a man in white shirt and dhoti plays a large barrel drum (dhol) with a stick, while beside him a man in white plays a nadaswaram-style wind instrument. Behind them a woman in an orange-and-gold sari plays a similar wind instrument. On the right, three men in saffron-orange robes wear garlands and ceremonial necklaces, standing among the crowd. Seated devotees sit on mats, many in white clothes, some wearing lanyards, while one man in a white shirt and grey trousers smiles in the front. Several people in the background stand near a railing, and a woman in a blue sari sits to the left. The scene suggests a musical welcome or procession.

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