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Inside a room with beige marble-patterned walls and fluorescent tube lights, a shaved-headed elderly man with white tripundra marks on his forehead and body wears a saffron-orange shawl over red-orange dhoti, a long rudraksha mala and a gold pendant necklace, standing beside a gold-carved throne with an orange cloth draped over a table. Beside him, a younger man with a flower crown, gold necklace and gold bangles stands with palms joined in namaste, smiling, in red-orange garments. Behind them a man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands, and an older man in white with folded hands stands at right near a microphone stand. The scene shows a pada puja style reverence setting; the seated throne suggests a ceremonial gathering. The clothing colours are saffron and orange with gold accents, and the setting is an indoor hall.

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