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A stage ceremony in front of a deep red curtain. A bare-chested man with a crown-like headpiece sits on an ornate silver throne, wearing saffron-orange cloth, a white flower garland and a gold necklace. A row of young boys and girls in orange robes and rudraksha malas stands to the left, some with hands folded. A man in white ritual dress with a gold border kneels in front of the throne, with a boy in orange kneeling beside him on a patterned rug. A brass vessel sits at the right edge of the stage. a person is the seated figure on the throne, identified only by his saffron clothing, crown, gold necklace and garland, and the page does not confirm his presence.

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