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Indoor ceremony on a stage with a painted rocky mountain backdrop and blue wall. A central figure with long dark hair wears orange robes and sits on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion and a garland of purple and orange flowers. A young boy in a red-and-white striped shirt and white trousers reaches up to hold the seated figure's hand. In front, a bald man in orange robes kneels or sits with bowed head. At left, a man in orange sits beside a small brass vase of red flowers. At right, a woman in white with folded hands stands beside a trident-shaped ornament, and another woman in white sits at the edge. The scene reads as darshan or a devotional audience.

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