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A photograph of a crowded indoor event with wooden-panelled walls. In the centre, a man in a rust-red robe with a long orange-and-gold shawl and layered rudraksha malas stands with a broad smile, wearing a tall dark swept-up hairstyle, a crown-like headdress and a gold pendant. Beside him to the left, a woman in an orange sari with a shawl and a bindi presses her palms together in namaste. Behind them a bald man in orange robes holds a ceremonial staff. Several people in the foreground, including a figure in a blue top and others in orange and white shawls, have their backs to the camera.