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A photograph of a ceremony on a gilded throne (peetha) framed by a large ornate heart-shaped backdrop encrusted with jewels and white and yellow flower garlands. A seated figure in a tall black turban-like crown, saffron-red robe with gold trim, rudraksha mala and a red-and-white flower garland sits centrally, holding a ceremonial object. Before him a woman in white kurta with a red-bordered shawl stands facing him, and to the right two women in white and a woman in a white top with a red stole attend. A man in saffron robe with rudraksha mala stands at left. A leopard-print cushion rests on the throne. Probable Swamiji (Nithyananda Paramashivam) is seated on the throne, identified by the crown, saffron robes and multiple rudraksha malas; this is an appearance-based label only. Other visible people are devotees and attendants in white and saffron clothing.

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