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A photograph of a ceremony in a hall with a large gold-carved throne backdrop. A man with long dark hair, a red-and-orange cloth wrapped around him, and multiple rudraksha malas sits on an ornate gold throne beneath a multicoloured red, yellow and green canopy, with a sacred ritual bowl before him. Women in white saris with cream-and-gold borders and white head coverings assist beside him, one holding a brass vessel, while a woman in white sits at the left beside a trident and a brass lamp. A golden figure sits on the floor in front of the throne, and devotees in the foreground face the dais. a person: the seated man wears a rudraksha mala and saffron-orange cloth, with a crown-like seat and ceremonial setting, placing him as the central presider of the puja.