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A seated man in a golden ornate throne chair, wearing a dark red and saffron-bordered shawl with a long rudraksha-style garland and a black cap-like headpiece, receives a bare-chested young man kneeling before him. Two attendants in white dhotis with gold borders stand nearby; one holds a hand near the kneeling man's shoulder. A bright fire burns in a copper vessel in front of the throne, surrounded by flower petals, with a brass bowl and a basket of flowers in the foreground. The setting is a red-walled interior with a red rug and orange slippers at the edge.

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