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Inside a bare white-walled room with an arched doorway and a window, a man in an orange sleeveless top and an orange-red turban, with white flower garlands around his neck, pours liquid from a green-leaf-topped vessel. Beside him a man in an orange shirt and maroon sash holds a wire basket of white flowers, and a woman in a cream and pink sari stands with palms joined in greeting near a bed with a patterned cover. Colourful paper garlands hang from the ceiling. On the right a man in a red kurta looks on, and another person in white and flowers stands at the edge. The scene suggests a ritual blessing at an inauguration.

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