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Indoor event hall with a red curtained stage backdrop and colourful balloons hanging near the ceiling. Two women in white saris with red borders stand at left, one holding a microphone and both with hands pressed together. Seated rows of people in white clothes with orange sashes sit at long white-covered tables and plastic chairs, many with hands in anjali mudra. A bearded man in white sits near the centre of the front table. A small figure in the background at upper centre wears white with an orange cloth. Small flower vases and water bottles sit on the tables. A figure at the back raises a hand. Some seated people appear to be in prayer posture as the ceremony proceeds.

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