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Outdoor evening scene at a temple with a red-orange shrine structure and a dark stone Shivalinga-style murti garlanded with yellow and white flowers in the background. In the foreground, a richly decorated silver throne with a tiger-striped seat and a silver lion-form base sits to the left, occupied by a figure in orange robes with a bead necklace; the figure's face is visible but the identity is not established by appearance here. A man in orange holds a yellow-handled ceremonial staff with a red pole beside the throne, and another attendant in orange stands near the left edge. In the centre, a bare-backed person in orange cloth with hair in a bun faces the throne, and a person in an orange turban and orange wrap stands at right with bare shoulders. A smaller silver seat holds a flower garland and bananas sit on a multicolour mat. Another person in orange sits at far right.

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