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A large indoor hall during an evening ceremony. In the centre, a man in a dark maroon-black turban and orange-red robe with a leopard-print waist cloth and a heavy gold necklace of orange flower garlands and a gold pendant, with a red tilak on his forehead, stands with his palms raised in a blessing gesture and smiles. Around him, shirtless young men wearing white dhotis with gold borders, and men in white dhotis and shawls, stand with hands folded in anjali. One shirtless man on the right holds a tall gold-tipped staff upright. Behind them are a golden temple-style canopy, ornate golden structures and red drapes, with patterned mats and seated rows of devotees in the foreground. Candles and yellow flower arrangements sit on the floor. The man in the centre has an appearance-based candidate fit with the turban, saffron-orange robe, and gold garlands, but identity is uncertain.

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