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Indoor initiation ceremony in a hall with a stage and banners on the walls, with a seated crowd of white-clad devotees in the background. In the foreground a figure with a large orange-saffron turban, gold bangles and ornate gold jewellery sits on a raised golden-edged seat, extending a hand toward a kneeling woman in an orange-red sari with a rudraksha mala who holds a small white object. A man with a grey head, bare upper body and white dhoti kneels and holds a white cloth. Another bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala stands at right beside a tall golden staff, and a woman in a white sari with gold border and a tilak stands behind. Several other people in white garments are visible at left and rear. The scene suggests a Shiva Deeksha initiation, a gold-edged seat, a golden staff and orange-clad initiate.

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