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A photograph of a stage event with two men in saffron-orange robes exchanging a woven basket of fruit. The man on the left wears an orange turban and a dark rudraksha mala, smiling as he holds the basket. The man on the right, in orange robes and an orange turban, wears a white and red flower garland and a gold-embroidered orange shawl, receiving the basket with both hands. Behind them a large banner shows a smiling face and the Kannada date text 30 ನವೆಂಬರ್ (30 November, rendered in the image as 30ನೇ ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ area), with a gold chair and pink draped curtain beside it. A seated figure in orange robes sits in the background, and a table in front holds water bottles and name placards with flower arrangements.

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