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A photograph of a ceremonial scene in warm, orange-lit surroundings. A man seated on an ornate golden throne with a rounded, embossed back wears a red turban, a red-orange robe with a gold-striped sash, a dense rudraksha mala and layered gold necklaces, and bangles on his wrists. He has a red bindi and gazes to his left while extending his right hand toward a kneeling devotee bent forward in front of him. Around them, a bald attendant with white forehead markings and a rudraksha mala wears an orange cloth, and another attendant in orange stands at the far left. A woman in red attire is partly visible at the right edge. The seated figure has distinctive long rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold ornaments, consistent with a person presence in an in-person ritual setting.

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