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A photograph of a stage event with a gilded deity murti in an arched relief on the back wall. A seated figure in a deep red-maroon robe with a rudraksha mala and a long red-brown shawl sits on a gold-and-red throne, speaking near a microphone. Several men in white dhotis and white kurtas with gold borders and red waist sashes stand or sit before him, some with red-orange shawls and rudraksha malas; one man at right gestures with his arm while others face the throne. A seated man in white in the foreground faces away from the camera. A standing man at left in a red turban and white clothes presses his palms together. Some people are seated on the floor at the edges.

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