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A stage event under a white tent with a large banner. On the left, a large portrait of a smiling woman with a red bindi hangs behind the stage. Above the banner, three circular photo portraits and a fourth partial photo show men and a woman. A young man in a saffron robe and orange turban, with long hair, stands at center placing a red-and-white garland on a man in white clothes with a saffron shawl. Behind them, an ornate gold-and-red throne is empty. On the right, a seated older man in saffron robes and a saffron shawl sits on a gold throne. Another saffron-robed man in beads sits at left. Front tables are draped with white cloth and orange and purple flower garlands, with name placards and water bottles. Kannada text on the banner reads ಆನಂದೋತ್ಸವ and ಧ್ಯಾನಪೀಠ.

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