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A seated figure in an orange-red turban and yellow-and-white flower garland, holding a folded paper, sits on a raised golden seat inside a red-draped tent, with a golden staff beside them. Next to them, a bald man with yellow tilak and a rudraksha mala in an orange-and-cream robe stands, while a man with a tilak sits cross-legged in similar orange clothing and a woman in white with a long braid and beaded mala stands holding a paper. On the right, a kneeling older man in white with an orange shawl sits with folded hands before a woman in white and a woman in a cream sari with a tilak and lanyard. Golden carved columns and red fabric form the backdrop. Note: the seated figure's identity is not established from appearance.

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