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Indoor event with a crowd seated and standing behind a low wooden barrier on a red-and-green carpeted stage area. A woman in a white sari with a black beaded necklace and a name badge holds a baby in an orange-and-white polka-dot dress, smiling. Beside her, a man in a white shirt supports the baby. In the foreground, a woman with a hair bun wears a white jasmine garland over an orange shawl and red blouse, reaching toward the baby. A red-and-orange banner hangs behind, and a framed portrait hangs on the wall at top left, with no clearly legible caption visible.

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