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A photograph of a stage event with several seated people on ornate gold thrones and benches in front of a blue starry backdrop. On the left, a man with long swept-back hair and a full beard wears a saffron-orange robe and sits on a gold throne with lion-figure armrests. Beside him, an older bald man in a yellow robe rests his hand near his face. A man in a white patterned shirt with a rudraksha mala sits barefoot on a bench. Two blindfolded young people in yellow and white clothing sit at the right holding microphones, one wearing a rudraksha mala. A man in orange cloth sits at the far right edge, with a statue of a seated figure in red and gold visible above. Red and white flower garlands hang from the thrones and backdrop.

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