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A photograph at a night event under strings of colourful lights. In the foreground a smiling man with a shaved head and a red and gold garland of flowers and beads around his neck, wearing a pink and gold silk shawl, reaches toward an ornate gold throne-like seat draped with a large orange-gold silk cloth he is adjusting. A brass incense or kalasha-style vessel and a gold-tipped staff stand beside the seat, with smoke rising. Behind him, several women in white and cream saris and a man in white clothing stand near the stage, and more seated attendees in orange and saffron robes are visible at the right edge. The a person cues (ceremonial gold necklace, garland and shawl) are not sufficiently distinctive to confirm identity, so the central figure is described by role as a devotee adjusting the throne cloth.

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