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Outdoor ceremony under an orange and blue draped canopy with orange star-patterned panels. A seated person in orange robes and an orange head wrap, wearing layered garlands of white and yellow flowers and a rudraksha mala, sits on an ornate red throne with white cloth draping its seat, smiling and extending a hand. Standing before her, a bare-chested man in a blue dhoti with a pink cloth at the waist offers money or an envelope. Behind her, a bald man in an orange-and-gold dhoti with a rudraksha mala holds an orange envelope. Seated at left in white shirt and trousers, an elderly man watches with hands folded, and several men in white and orange stand along the edge.

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