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A photograph of a ceremonial stage draped with dark curtains and decorated with tall orange-and-black banners. A man with long dark hair in an orange robe sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions beneath a golden canopy, his hands joined at his chest. Around him, saffron-robed men stand and kneel near a small table with brass vessels, figurines and scattered flower petals on the red-carpeted steps. A woman in an orange garment and a man in white kneel in the foreground, and several orange-clad attendants holding tall staffs with red flags line the sides. Visible people number about twelve.

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