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A man seated on an ornate silver throne with carved scrollwork and a red cushion, at the centre of a temple-style hall. He wears an orange shawl draped over a rust-red robe, a gold necklace, a dark rudraksha mala, and a red-and-orange tilak on his forehead; he holds a small gold-tipped staff and a red cloth. To his right stands a tall silver trident. Behind him is a deity murti in a painted shrine, with a second decorated figure on a flower-garlanded altar to the right and a gold kalasha-style ornament nearby. Around him sit devotees: a woman in a white sari, a shaved-headed man in an orange-and-white cloth, a man in red cloth at left, and a woman in a yellow-and-white sari at right. Scattered flowers and a red cloth lie on the floor. a person, seated on the peetha as the central figure of a satsang-style initiation.