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Indoor hall with pale walls and red curtains, a long table with banana-leaf meals along the left, and many people milling about. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a rust-orange and gold dhoti-style garment, a gold-and-red ceremonial necklace with a large gold pendant, and a gold armband, and smiles while speaking. a person: long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklaces and saffron-orange clothing. Beside him, a woman in a red sari with white sacred ash on her forehead stands close, and a shaved-headed man in an orange-brown shawl sits to the left. A printed banner with Tamil lettering hangs on the left wall, and decorative striped pillars with tassels frame the top of the image. A large framed portrait sits on a red-draped table in the background.

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