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A seated man on an ornate gold-and-red throne chair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace, is mixing rice in a large silver bowl set on a gold stand over a green banana leaf. Two shaven-headed men in orange cloth kneel at left with white markings on their arms and shoulders, holding out their hands toward the bowl. A woman in a red-and-gold sari at right reaches toward the bowl, and another woman in red with white forehead marks sits at far right. A red and maroon patterned rug covers the floor, and an orange umbrella and a fan stand behind the throne.

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