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Outdoor festive event under a decorated canopy with white jasmine garlands, red and gold drapes, and striped zebra-print cloth on the seating platform. A man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace sits on the right, hands folded, beside a seated figure in an orange turban and red top who is handing out money from a brass tray of notes and packets. Children and women in saris, one in a white cap, crowd forward to receive items. Men in white shirts stand at left, and a video camera is mounted at upper right. a person: the orange-robed seated man with rudraksha mala and gold necklace is the most.

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