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A photograph of a ceremonial stage set with a red curtain backdrop and green foliage hung above a golden throne. A seated man with long dark hair and a beard wears a saffron/orange shawl and a rudraksha-style mala, holding a hand near his lap, and appears to be the presiding figure; his identity is uncertain from appearance alone. Beside him sits a woman in an orange-gold sari. Behind them stands a golden deity murti in a gilded shrine arch, and brass trident-topped posts and a silver-finished throne flank the stage. Dozens of children and young adults in white dhotis and kurtas or white saris sit on striped mats in rows on both sides, with brass kalasha-style pots and oil lamps on the stage. Stage lights hang from the rafters above.

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