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Night ritual photograph of a seated central figure on an ornate gold-framed red throne with carved gold legs, wearing a red-pink garland of beads, rudraksha-style necklaces, bangles and a saffron-orange shawl over a rust-red robe. A kneeling attendant in rust-red robes with a bare upper body and white markings on the arm offers a silver plate of yellow flowers or turmeric. Behind them stand several attendants in rust-red and saffron-gold robes holding a silver ceremonial staff, a silver bowl, a folded yellow-gold cloth and a cup. A white-clad man in the left foreground leans in. The setting is outdoors with a patterned mat and a dark background. Appearance-based label: a person for the seated figure on the throne, judged from the throne, adornments and saffron-orange shawl; the figure's face is not used for identification.

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