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Night-time photograph outdoors beside a lit glass display case mounted on a vehicle or stand. Inside the case, a gilded deity murti with a golden crown and heavy garlands sits beside a large framed photograph of a seated man in saffron robes with a long beaded mala and a crown-like headpiece, labelled on the sign as a portrait of Paramahamsa Nithyananda. A second framed photograph on the right shows a standing figure in red-and-orange robes with a tall headdress. Three people in saffron and red robes stand or kneel in the foreground; a man in front with a shaved head faces the case with folded hands, while a man in red robes with a shawl and sacred thread stands at right looking toward the camera. Pink flowers and dark foliage surround the scene.

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