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A photograph inside a gold-decorated temple-style room during Guru Purnima celebrations. A seated figure wearing a red-maroon turban and maroon robe is adorned with long garlands of white jasmine, red and yellow flowers, and orange blossoms, and sits on a golden throne with a flower-decorated backdrop. A woman in an orange-red sari stands at left with palms pressed together in namaskar. A man at left wears a bare upper body with rudraksha mala and white tilak, holding a ritual gesture. At right a woman in a white garment with a rudraksha necklace watches. Brass ritual vessels and a kalasha-like offering stand nearby. The frame suggests a puja or darshan with garland offering.

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