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A stage performance with two performers mounted on large painted horse-shaped figures, carried as dance props. The figure on the left is a woman in a red blouse and red-and-green patterned skirt with sunglasses and a hair ornament. The figure on the right is a man wearing a red and gold turban and a green and gold tunic, with a teal shawl, holding the horse's reins. A musician in white dhoti and shirt plays a long brass horn beside them, while a drummer with a large frame drum stands at the right edge. A banner behind the stage reads Nithyananda. No a person candidate is visible on the stage.

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