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A stage event with a large backdrop banner showing a smiling woman with long curly hair in front of a sunset-lit mountain. Seated centrally on an ornate throne with a canopy and a red cushion is a figure in orange-saffron clothing wearing a garland of flowers and rudraksha-style beads, a probable depiction of the a person candidate in person, appearance uncertain. Around the throne, seated on the red-carpeted stage, are monks in saffron and orange robes and devotees in white, some with hands folded, plus women in white saris. Decorative striped cloth pillars with tassels flank the backdrop, and small offering baskets sit at the front of the stage. Ritual offerings and flowers are arranged on the floor.

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