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A man with long dark hair and a beard sits cross-legged on a raised white metal platform, wearing a rust-red sleeveless garment with a saffron-orange cloth draped over his lap, and a rudraksha mala with a gold pendant. He rests one arm on a large dark grey stone sphere wrapped in a colourful garland of marigolds, white and yellow flowers, and red and green foliage. Behind him a second person in orange robes stands holding the pole of an ornate golden canopy with multicolored fringed tassels. The sky is pale blue and the scene appears to be an outdoor ceremony.

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