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A stage in an indoor hall with red velvet curtains and hanging brass bells, where a row of devotees stands in two lines with palms pressed together in namaskar. Men on the left wear white dhotis, some with gold-bordered shawls and beaded necklaces; women wear white and cream saris with gold borders, and others wear orange, rust and maroon saris. At the centre, a seated figure in orange-red robes sits on an ornate gold throne with a canopy before a decorated backdrop with kalasha-style pillars; a golden peetha-like seat and brass lion statues and oil lamps sit on the stage. The scene reads as a formal darshan or ceremonial honouring. The seated figure's identity is not established by the image; a probable-candidate cue is the ornate throne and saffron-red robes, but this is insufficient for a firm identification.

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