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A ceremonial stage scene during an outdoor puja. A seated figure on an ornate gold throne with pink flower petals and a white garland, bare-chested with gold jewellery, is the focal point, flanked by gold lion-like pillars and trident-topped stands. In the foreground, a blurred devotee with a flower garland in their hair raises a bright oil lamp toward the throne. Several people in white robes and saffron/orange shawls sit on the raised platform, including one with long white dreadlocks in a pink-orange cloth, and a man in an orange-gold kurta at right. The orange-clad figure at lower left is also in the frame.

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