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A seated man in a deep red-orange turban and saffron-red dhoti holds a tall silver ceremonial staff upright in his right hand, smiling. He wears heavy gold necklaces and gold armlets and bangles, and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, a standing attendant in white dhoti holds a long silver ceremonial staff and a robed monk in orange stands on the red stone steps. Two drums rest on the steps, a silver-framed seat with ornate carving sits beside him, and red and gold parasols with tassels rise at right. Stacked orange cloths lie on the platform, with a brass kalasha-style pot holding a coconut and fruit offerings at lower right. Seated and standing devotees in white and red fill the tiered stands behind a metal fence.

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