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A group photograph on a stage with a green ornate temple-style arch backdrop featuring deity figures and gold finials. Two people sit in front: on the left a woman in a red-brown sari with a red and gold turban, holding red fruit and wearing a rudraksha mala, smiling and raising a hand; on the right a man with a bare chest and ornate gold and rudraksha necklaces, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti and a gold-bordered shawl, seated barefoot with his palms joined in greeting. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands centrally holding a small book. Around them are men in casual shirts, one in a leopard-print top, several holding red fruit, with a garland-decorated framed picture behind. The right-side figure may be the a person by appearance cues (ornate gold and rudraksha, saffron clothing, ceremonial bearing) and is seated in an honoured position. Visible people total about ten.

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