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Night photograph of an outdoor ceremony with a central figure seated on an ornate gold-and-red throne under a canopy with blue, yellow, red and white tassels, flanked by garlands of marigolds and white flowers. The seated figure wears a pink-red shawl and rudraksha-style necklaces and gestures with folded hands. Around him, men in white dhotis and bare-chested devotees sit on the ground, and a woman in an orange sari sits in front. Spectators in colourful saris and white clothes fill tiered seating behind, lit by strings of lights. Brass staffs with trident finials and incense-smoke tipped lamps stand beside the throne.