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A coronation-style ceremony on a stage draped with a red and purple curtain, with a gold lion-headed chair and a gold throne backdrop wrapped in flower garlands. A seated man in saffron robes and red-and-white garlands, with folded hands and a smile, receives honour. Standing before him, an elderly man in a tall gold crown and orange-and-gold robes, wearing a long garland, raises a golden kalasha vessel toward him. Around them, men in saffron robes and white dhotis with gold borders, wearing rudraksha malas, stand attending; one holds a silver tray and another raises both arms overhead. A saffron-clad attendant at left holds a silver plate. The scene reads as a pattabhishekam ritual honouring the seated figure, with two people in saffron-coloured robes (one with raised hands) and several attendants, six or more visible in total.

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