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A stage photo of a festival ceremony under stage lights. On the left, a bearded man in an orange-brown robe and a saffron-and-red turban sits on a low seat beside a flower-decorated palanquin strung with yellow and orange blossoms, with a pink garland across his shoulders. Centre stage, a gilded throne with a tiger-skin cushion holds a dark deity murti under a black hooded canopy with garlands, shaded by a small golden umbrella. In front, two women in purple and gold saris stand with palms joined, and five men in white dhotis with gold borders and bare or shawled upper bodies stand in namaskar, some wearing rudraksha malas. The stage floor is covered with colourful striped rugs. a person is the seated bearded figure in orange and saffron with a turban and garland, as the page indicates his presence, though appearance is only partly clear.

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