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Festive hall with many hanging paper lanterns in red, orange and pink strung across the ceiling, and large screens at the sides. A bearded man with long braided hair, wearing an orange-saffron cloth and a leopard-print lower garment, sits smiling on a brown leather throne with gold trim. A woman in a gold sari stands at left holding a framed deity picture, and another woman in pink holds a similar framed image. A woman in white and blue sari with a rudraksha mala stands in the centre, and a woman in an orange sari with long braid stands behind the throne. A woman in a patterned red top leans in, offering a small gold-framed book or photo to the seated man. Crowds of devotees fill the background.

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