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A seated man with long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, a saffron-orange robe draped over a red inner garment, and a long red-and-white flower garland, sits on a gold-carved throne decorated with white, pink and red flower garlands. He wears a gold armlet and rests his hand on a small boy in a white shirt with yellow trim. A woman in white, with gold bangles, leans in from the right and places a hand on the child's shoulder. a person is seated centre-left in saffron, with the page cue of a flower-decorated throne and saffron robes. The scene resembles a darshan moment in an ashram hall; the page's title marks a Coimbatore workshop, though that is not visible in the photo.

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