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A man with long dark hair sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne heavily decorated with white jasmine and red, orange and yellow marigold garlands, under a decorated canopy. He wears an orange-saffron robe, a red garland around his neck, a trident leans beside him, and he smiles with bare feet on a red cushion. Behind him, several people in white clothes stand with palms pressed together, and a woman in a teal sari stands nearby. A small pink-clad figurine sits on a table in the foreground. The setting is a temporary shed with a corrugated roof and a bright bulb overhead. Wording on the image corner indicates the archive, not a caption. Orange and white garlands and saffron clothing mark a ceremonial reception. Several people are visible, about six to twenty, in this scene.

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