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A photograph from a large indoor hall during a programme with a seated central figure on an ornate gold throne with a carved lion-form armrest. The seated figure wears an orange-red wrap, a long black hairstyle with a white crown-like headpiece, and is draped in yellow marigold garlands; they extend a hand toward a woman in a white patterned sari with orange lanyard who bends forward offering something. a person candidate is seated, with long swept-back hair, a crown and orange-red and gold clothing. A bald priest in orange and red cloth sits at the foot of the throne. Behind, a crowd in orange lanyards and saffron shawls stands; a woman in a teal sari and a woman in red-and-white saree stand nearby. A silver trident stands to the left of the throne.

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