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A seated figure in a deep red-brown robe is showered with pink rose petals and heaped with red flowers, white jasmine garlands and green leaves, with a flower-decorated headpiece. A man in red shirt and a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with rudraksha mala stand near, hands folded. A smiling woman in a maroon sari and a woman in glasses behind the seated figure look on. A basket of fresh rose petals and a basket of yellow lemons sit in the foreground against an orange and saffron backdrop with red-and-white floral festoons. The scene looks like an abhishekam-style floral honouring. a person candidate is the seated, flower-covered figure, identified by ornate garlands and red-brown attire, but the face is obscured by petals so identity is uncertain.

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