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Evening photograph of a devotional stage with red carpet, a golden ornate throne at left and colourful statues of deities behind. A bearded man in a rust-red shawl and dhoti, with long gold and beaded necklaces and a dark mala, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar near a black speaker stand. Beside him a woman in a red sari with a red bindi and another in a teal and orange sari stand with hands joined. Two men in white dhotis with gold borders stand with hands folded, one wearing a rudraksha mala, and a man in white dhoti with bare upper body joins his palms at right. A woman in an orange sari stands at left near the throne. Bags rest on the red floor in front. A banner with red drapes hangs behind.

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