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A group of men in white dhotis and shirts gathers in a hall to present a red wooden plaque with a silver-framed circular portrait and a smaller silver medallion, held up by several men. A man in the centre wears spectacles, a red tilak and a beaded mala and gestures toward a figure seen from behind, whose long dark hair and white forehead marks are visible beside a multicoloured flower garland. A man at the far right wears an orange-brown robe and a mala with a brass lamp stand behind him. Some men wear orange shawls. Tamil text is engraved on the plaque. The plaque's portrait shows a figure with long hair and a red garment, but the appearance is uncertain for identification purposes.

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